Northern Central Railway Paint Information

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Freight Cars

1852

Freight car specifications call for “dark brown paint and metal lettering.”

Unknown 1852 Northern Central Railway specifications, referenced in White, The American Railroad Freight Car, 1993, pg. 184 [Location of these specs to be determined].

Passenger Cars

1857

Passenger car used to convey U.S. President Buchanan painted buff, with panel stripes of vermilion, brown, and orange. Platform, railings, and brake wheels bronzed.

The Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA), 7 March 1857

1865

Directors’ car painted light claret and striped in different shades of green. Trucks painted green and striped with yellow.

The York Gazette (York, PA) 9 May 1865

1867

Passenger coach painted a deep red, “elaborately lettered and gilded,” running gear painted black, and trucks painted green with orange and red striping.

The Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 21 January 1867

1873

Passenger cars painted the company’s “standard color,” Tuscan red.

The York Daily (York, PA) 3 January 1873

Passenger cars painted a “brownish crimson,” set off with stripes of gold.

The National Car Builder, August 1873, pg. 190

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