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Duluth & Iron Range Railway Paint Information

Josh Bernard — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:33:41 GMT

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Southern Pacific Railroad: Paint Information

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 ''The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), 4 June 1891''
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 [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT18910821&dliv=userclipping&cliparea=1.2%2C217%2C322%2C901%2C1821&factor=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1| August 22, 1891 ''Oakland Daily Evening Tribune'', page 2]
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Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Paint Information

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	''Horton Daily Headlight (Horton, KS) 16 May 1888''		''Horton Daily Headlight (Horton, KS) 16 May 1888''

			'''1957'''

			Low-cost baggage cars built new by the CR&P are painted as follows:

			<blockquote>"Underframe and interiors of sides. ends and roof are painted with standard freight car primer. In addition the underframe is painted with freight car black paint. The lower part of the side and end _ structure and sheathing, and the sub-floor assembly are painted with Rustoleum. The exteriors of the sides. ends. doors and roof receive one coat of red oxide primer and two coats of Dulux aluminum gray paint. The plywood lining is painted with one coat of primer and sealer followed by two coats of RPO green enamel. The ceiling is finished in high glass white enamel. The black stencilling is sprayed."</blockquote>

			''"New Approach to 'Head End' Problem," Railway Locomotives and Cars January 1957 p46.''

	==Structures==		==Structures==

Texas & Pacific Railroad Paint Information

Josh Bernard — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:46:56 GMT

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'''1957'''

20 Insulated boxcars equipped with Evans Damage Free hardware and sheathed on the interior with plywood are painted aluminum on the interior to reflect light and yellow on the exterior, sprayed hot to facilitate rapid curing.

''"Modern Cars Use Plywood," Railway Locomotives and Cars January 1957 p38.''

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Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

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	[[Texas Midland Railroad Paint Information\|Texas Midland Railroad]]		[[Texas Midland Railroad Paint Information\|Texas Midland Railroad]]

Pullman Paint Information

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 '''1869'''

Colorado & Southern Railway Paint Information

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			'''1905'''

			The Idaho Springs depot is repainted to a "light color." It was previously red.

			''The Silver Standard 27 May 1905''

			'''1913'''

			Dickey, Dillon and Breckenridge depots are repainted to gray with light green trim. These depots were previously painted red.

			''"C&S Does Some Painting," The Blue Valley Times 1 August 1913.

			'''1915'''

			The Idaho Springs depot is painted red with a black roof.

			''The Idaho Springs Siftings-News 17 July 1915.''

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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Paint Information

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			==Standard Paints==

			'''1925'''

			In 1925, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois reported purchasing the following standard colors:

			*20-5 Linseed Oil

			*20-9 White Lead

			*20-10 Standard Metal Primer

			*20-11 Standard White Paint, in paste form

			*20-12 Standard Black Paint, ready mixed

			*20-13 Standard Freight Car Color, in semipaste form

			*20-15 No. 107 French Gray Building Color, ready mixed

			*20-16 No. 112 Outside Green building Color for outside framing and sash in oil

			*20-17 No. 109 Standard Building Paint for ceiling and side wall to picture molding

			*20-18 No. 111 Standard Building Paint for side wall below picture molding in ready-mixed form

			''National Directory of Commodity Specifications, Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards: 1925''

	==Freight Cars==		==Freight Cars==

Illinois Central Railroad Paint Information

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 ''"Reducing Losses from Defective Cars by the Use of Scrap Material," Illinois Central Magazine December 1914 pp101-102.''
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 ''Landmarks End Rough Starts and Stops," Illinois Central Magazine February 1922 p73.''

Oxide and Metallic Paints

Josh Bernard — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:18:27 GMT

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	*Fitchburg Railroad		*Fitchburg Railroad

			*Illinois Central Railroad

	*New York, Lake Erie & Western		*New York, Lake Erie & Western

Norfolk & Western Railroad Paint Information

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 ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286056230005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, April 1882, pg. 45]''
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Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Paint Information

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	''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85030821/1905-03-24/ed-1/seq-4/ The Goodland Republic (Goodland, KS), 24 March 1905]''		''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85030821/1905-03-24/ed-1/seq-4/ The Goodland Republic (Goodland, KS), 24 March 1905]''

			'''1925'''

			The CRI&P reports purchasing "Refrigerator Car Yellow" in semipaste form.

			''"42.88 Yellow, cream and straw pigments," National Directory of Commodity Specifications, Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards: 1925''


	==Passenger Equipment==		==Passenger Equipment==

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Paint Information

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			'''1925'''

			Cabooses are painted yellow; the color is called DL&W Standard Caboose Yellow Paint, in Paste form.

			''"42.88 Yellow, cream and straw pigments," National Directory of Commodity Specifications, Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards: 1925''

			Photographs of new DL&W cabooses built by Magor Car Corporation printed in Railway Age 1 January 1927 and Railway Review 2 January 1926 depict the yellow paint scheme.

			'''1935'''

			DL&W's Buffalo and Scranton shops begin repainting cabooses to Brilliant Red, changing from yellow. The Ithaca Journal notes that cabooses have been yellow for over thirty years.

			''Ithaca Journal 19 December 1934''

	'''1955'''		'''1955'''

Locomotives of the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway

Andrew Brandon — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:49:47 GMT

Post-1909 Numbering

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	\| [[BLW-CN22020-1903\|22020]]		\| [[BLW-CN22020-1903\|22020]]
	\| ~~1903~~		\| 1899
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	\| 10-24D		\| 10-24D