Red Line Fast Freight Paint Information

Red Line Fast Freight

1865

Red Line cars are painted vermilion with white lettering.

1869

Cars are repainted to say "From the Atlantic to the Pacific" pending completion of the Transcontinental Railroad line.

1869

Red Line cars are painted bright red.

The Saginaw Daily Enterprise (Saginaw, MI), 13 December 1869

1866

Red Line cars are painted bright red.

1876

Red Line cars are painted a "brilliant red" color, varnished, and lettered in white with black ironwork.

1880

Red Line cars are painted red with white lettering, brown roofs and black ironwork.