Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Paint Information
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Freight Cars
1880
Listed as a user of “Iron Clad” metallic paints starting in May of 1880 (this does not necessarily mean it was used on cars). [Iron Clad advertisement could also be referring to Paducah & Elizabethtown Railroad; P. & E. R. R. could be either].
The National Car Builder, May 1880, pg. 2
Passenger Cars
1869
Passenger car painted dark red.
The Northumberland County Democrat (Sunbury, PA), 14 May 1869
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