Utah Central Railroad: Paint Information
Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index
This page covers the standard gauge company running from Ogden to Salt Lake City Utah. For the narrow gauge Utah Central Railway, a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Western that served Park City via Parley's Canyon, see Rio Grande Western Railway: Paint Information
Locomotives
1872
Locomotive 6's cab was delivered with a dark walnut finish.
Deseret News 13 November 1872
Passenger Equipment
1870
The first passenger cars were finished on the interior with Bird's Eye Maple and Dark Walnut. Seats were upholstered in crimson plush and green backing.
Ogden Semi-Weekly Junction, 26 January 1870
1889
Passenger cars are repainted into a dark color to run with Union Pacific equipment.
"Briefs," Salt Lake Daily Herald 24 January 1889.
Passenger cars repainted to match Union Pacific standards.
"The News in Ogden," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 2 March 1889
Buildings
1884
The Salt Lake City depot platform was paved with asphaltum, with a broad white line across it to keep hotel runners and hack drivers away from the building and allow open access to and from the street.
"Local Briefs," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 20 December 1884