Utah & Northern Railway: Paint Information

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Locomotives

1874

Some locomotives have red painted stacks.

Corinne Daily Mail 30 October 1874.

1878

Locomotives 29, 30 and 31 were delivered in Baldwin Style 49 painted Lake with "color" (imitation gold) striping and lettering. Jackets were American Iron with brass bands.

Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 9 p 5, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

Locomotives 9 through 21 were delivered in Baldwin Style 49 painted Olive Green with "color" (imitation gold) striping and lettering. Jackets were American Iron with brass bands.

Baldwin Locomotive Works engine specifications, 1869-1938 vol 9 p 61, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

Passenger Equipment

1878

Union Pacific gains control of the Utah Northern Railroad through the newly-organized Utah & Northern Railway. The change is not immediate, but after this date U&N cars would gradually be repainted to Union Pacific standards.

1879

Cars were painted yellow, described as "handsomely painted and bright as gold dollars."

Ogden Dispatch, 1879

1880

Pullman sleeping cars "Argo" and "Advance" used on the Utah & Northern painted "the usual color of Pullman cars." They were shipped to Ogden on standard gauge trucks which were replaced with narrow gauge wheelsets upon arrival. Interiors finished in raw bay wood with oak ceilings and gilded striping. Seats were scarlet plush.

The Weekly Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), 21 August 1880

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