New York Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Paint Information

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Passenger Cars

1880

First-class passenger coaches painted chocolate brown, the “standard color of the passenger cars of the road.”

The National Car Builder, November 1880, pg. 168

1881

Officers’ car painted chocolate brown, ornamented in gold. Trucks and steps painted dark orange, relieved with stripes.

The National Car Builder, May 1881, pg. 54

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