Ohio & Mississippi Railway Paint Information

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Freight Cars

1872

Listed as a user of “Iron Clad” metallic paints starting in September of 1872 (this does not necessarily mean it was used on cars).

The National Car Builder, September 1872, pg. 18

Passenger Cars

1857

First-class passenger car painted “cream color,” ornamented with gothic panels.

Buffalo Morning Express and Daily Democracy (Buffalo, NY), 25 May 1857

1880

Passenger cars painted “a sort of chocolate color.”

The Herald (Omaha, NE), 22 December 1880


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