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==Freight Cars==

'''1876'''

Listed as a user of “Iron Clad” metallic paints starting in 1876 (this does not necessarily mean it was used on cars).

''[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015020063288?urlappend=%3Bseq=1088 Poor’s Manual of Railroads, 1876/1877]''

'''1878'''

NYLE&W boxcars painted dark brown.

''The Harrisburg Daily Patriot (Harrisburg, PA), 30 September 1878''

'''1880'''

NYLE&W lumber car painted red.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1op5dwQ_YLAfAV506J-JrTQUdXKoJ9CdG/view?usp=sharing Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY), 20 May 1880]''

'''1887'''

NYLE&W boxcar bodies and trucks painted with Prince’s Metallic Brown; all ironwork of body and trucks painted black.

''The National Car and Locomotive Builder, February 1887, pg. 19''

'''1892'''

Milk Cars painted bright yellow.

''Middletown Times Press, 28 January 1892''

'''1895'''

Erie grain and produce cars painted white, with a “gold shield on either side bearing the word ‘Erie.’”

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=SuRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false The Weekly Press (Paterson, NJ), 5 December 1895]''

'''1897'''

Erie boxcars painted mineral brown, with black ironwork. Erie grain cars painted yellow. Black paint not used, except in the “Erie'' lettering within the white diamond painted on the car sides. Entire cars, including iron, painted mineral brown or yellow depending on the service.

''Railroad Car Builder, February 1897''

'''1898'''

Boxcars painted white.

''The Akron Beacon Journal, 17 January 1898''

==Cabooses==

'''? to 1874'''

Erie cabooses painted a “dark red or brown color.”

'''1874'''

Erie cabooses begin to be painted a bright red.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=sno9AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, NY), 29 September 1874]''

'''1875'''

Erie caboose painted red with large numbers painted on the sides.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=tUNVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false The Paterson Daily Press (Paterson, NJ), 4 February 1875]''

'''1898'''

Erie caboose used on Robert Peary’s Arctic Expedition painted a “brilliant red.”

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnuCNWxH4bvx7-GLLoKw_huvE_enPML4/view?usp=sharing The Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, WV), 28 June 1900]''

==Passenger Cars==

'''1869'''

Erie drawing-room car “Pacific” painted “a light straw color, delicately striped.”

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xVkNw0c1K_wg-kSh6E57dvw2Yg1w2iJO/view?usp=sharing The Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, NY), 3 May 1869]''

Erie drawing-room cars “Atlantic,” “Pacific” (the car described in the article above), and “Metropolis” painted a “delicate corn color,” featuring little exterior ornamentation. Platform mountings silver plated.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsiNEaSrHGDVtjmKVnWhmskU5PRges-6/view?usp=sharing The New York Times (New York, NY), 18 June 1869]''

'''1870'''

Erie passenger cars start to be painted a rich, reddish brown, instead of the yellowish hue used before.

''The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, NY), 14 April 1870''

'''1873'''

Erie Pullman Palace cars painted a rich brown with gold striping and “figures of neat design.” The names of the cars, “Corning” and “Avon,” are painted in ovals on the car sides.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pwII_ay9DgV-0jkg5QwSMB9Ol0f4MkbC/view?usp=sharing The Chicago Evening Post (Chicago, IL), 2 May 1873]''

'''1875'''

Erie passenger cars known to be painted maroon with gilt trimmings.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014805/1875-09-30/ed-1/seq-4/ The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE), 30 September 1875]''

'''1880'''

NYLE&W passenger coaches painted “bright red.”

''The Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), 3 June 1880''

'''1881'''

NYLE&W combination cars painted maroon.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286056090005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, October 1881, pg. 117]''

'''1883'''

NYLE&W Pullman sleeping coaches painted a “rich olive brown.”

''New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), 21 June 1883''

NYLE&W emigrant coaches painted yellow.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=CNdlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, NY), 11 August 1883]''

'''1892'''

NYLE&W passenger car wheels painted red.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=tmxKAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Youngstown Evening Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), 13 February 1893]''

'''1897'''

Erie day coach, Pullman sleepers, and buffet car painted dark olive with gold trimmings.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igzqqwesxCsu2sT3h2-W7IvInj92UH-A/view?usp=sharing Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY), 21 April 1897]''

'''1900'''

Erie passenger cars painted “a very dark color, nearly black, and handsomely decorated.”

''The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, PA), 9 February 1900''

'''1901'''

Erie passenger coaches painted the “Pullman standard color, which has been adopted by the Erie as its standard color for passenger cars.”

''The Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI), 1 June 1901''

'''1902'''

Erie postal cars painted olive green, the “standard color of the road.”

''The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 5 July 1902''

'''1903'''

Erie passenger coaches painted a “dark brown, the same color as the regular Pullman cars.”

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hZRUEASalhl0kQAH0417YgIS4bY5XZfq/view?usp=sharing The Evening Tribune (Hornell, NY), 30 November 1903]''

==Locomotives==

'''1874'''

The maintenance of polished brasswork and decorative paint is discontinued; Erie adopts a “dark color” to paint all metal surfaces on locomotives, which saves $300 per engine.

''American Railroad Journal, 19 December 1874, pg. 1603''

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