Princes' Mineral Paint by Randy Hees - Coming Soon!
Rawlins Red Paint by Randy Hees - Coming Soon!
Color swatches using PMS color representing the paint layers found on historic objects.
Color Card: Carson & Colorado Freight Equipment 1881 - 1900 by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.0MB
Paint samples taken from the remains of Carson & Colorado Boxcar/Reefer #344.
Color Card: Carson & Colorado / Southern Pacific Dayton Depot by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.0MB
Paint samples taken from the remains of Carson & Colorado depot in Dayton, Nevada.
Color Card: Colorado & Southern caboose #1008 by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.0MB
Paint samples taken from the remains of Colorado & Southern caboose #1008 (DSP&P 76, DL&G 1514, C&S 310).
Color Card: Railroad Red Paints by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Includes: Tuscan Red, SP/UP CS 11, Rawlins Red, Princes' Metallic, and West Side Lumber Co. Red (from short caboose #4).
Color Card: South Pacific Coast - Coach #39: Body by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.48 MB
Color Card: South Pacific Coast - Caboose #47: Body by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 0.88 MB
Color Card: Southern Pacific / Union Pacific Depot Paint: 1900 - 1956 by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.48 MB
Color Card: Virginia & Truckee Railroad passenger equipment 1905 - 1950 by Randy Hees and Andrew Brandon. 1.0MB
Paint samples taken from V&T equipment at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
Central Pacific Railroad: Flat Car #95, circa 1866 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a 30ft Central Pacific shop built flat car.
Central Pacific Railroad: Flat Car #1181, circa 1878 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a 30ft Central Pacific shop built flat car.
Central Pacific Railroad: Caboose #124, circa 1868 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a Central Pacific Railroad caboose built from a converted 25ft box car.
Central Pacific Railroad: Caboose #608, circa 1869 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a Central Pacific Railroad caboose built from a converted 25ft box car.
Carson & Colorado Railroad - Flat Car #102, circa 1883 by Andrew Brandon. 1.4MB
Illustration of a Detroit Car Works built 22' flat car.
Carson & Colorado Railroad: Box Car #303, circa 1886 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a La Mothe patent tin-sided box car.
Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad - Way Car #76, circa 1883 by Andrew Brandon. 1.9MB
Paint information from prototype and period references.
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad - Stock Car #5500, circa 1904 by Andrew Brandon. 2.4MB
Paint samples taken from Denver & Rio Grande stock cars 5672, 5522, and others.
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad - Stock Car #5672, circa 1914 by Andrew Brandon. 2.4MB
Paint samples taken from Denver & Rio Grande stock cars 5672, 5522, and others.
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad - Coach #292, circa 1906 by Andrew Brandon. 3.1MB
Paint samples taken from Denver & Rio Grande Coach 292, Pay Car F, and others.
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad - Coach #292, circa 1916 by Andrew Brandon. 3.1MB
Paint samples taken from Denver & Rio Grande Coach 292, Pay Car F, and others.
Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad - Flat Car #25, circa 1876 by Andrew Brandon. 800KB
Illustration of a Detroit Car Works built 22' flat car.
Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad - Flat Car #40, circa 1877 by Andrew Brandon. 800KB
Illustration of a Detroit Car Works built 22' flat car.
Oregonian Railway: Box Car #228, circa 1880 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Illustration of a 28ft Carter Brothers built box car.
Oregonian Railway: Box Car #230, circa 1880 by Andrew Brandon. 4.7MB
Illustration of a 28ft Carter Brothers built box car. Includes information sheet on box car #230, which later became South Pacific Coast Railroad #472.
Nevada Central Railway - Combine #1, circa 1879 by Andrew Brandon. 2.6MB
Based on paint information from the restoration report for Monterey & Salinas Valley Combine #1 at the California State Railroad Museum.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad - Caboose #6101, circa 1910 by Andrew Brandon. 2.2MB
Southern Pacific (Narrow Gauge) - Box Car #338, circa 1928 by Andrew Brandon. 1.3MB
Renumbered 130 in 1947.
Southern Pacific (Narrow Gauge) - Box Car #17, circa 1954 by Andrew Brandon. 4.8MB
Preserved and displayed at the Laws Railroad Museum in Laws, California.
South Pacific Coast - Coach #42 circa 1904. by Andrew Brandon 0.97 MB
Lettering and striping drawn to Southern Pacific Common Standards, using paint samples taken from Coach #39 by Randy Hees, Dimensional Data from Mike Collins and Bruce MacGregor.
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