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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference" title="Reference">Reference</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Historic_Railroad_Paint_Color_Index" title="Historic Railroad Paint Color Index">Historic Railroad Paint Color Index</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maine_Central_Railroad_Paint_Information" title="Maine Central Railroad Paint Information">Maine Central Railroad</a> &lt;span style=&quot;float:right;&quot;&gt;TOC&lt;/span&gt; ==Freight C...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / [[Maine Central Railroad Paint Information|Maine Central Railroad]]<br /> &lt;span style=&quot;float:right;&quot;&gt;TOC&lt;/span&gt;<br /> ==Freight Cars==<br /> <br /> '''? to 1898'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central freight cars painted green.<br /> <br /> '''1898'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central freight cars begin to be painted a dark red (similar to that used by the Boston &amp; Maine), with lettering in white.<br /> <br /> ''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=tCUgAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=PA15#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false The Lewiston Saturday Journal (Lewiston, ME), 1 January 1898]''<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn78000873/1898-01-06/ed-1/seq-1/ The Republican Journal (Belfast, ME), 6 January 1898]''<br /> <br /> ==Passenger Cars==<br /> <br /> '''1868'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger car painted straw.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1868-08-21/ed-1/seq-2/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 21 August 1868]''<br /> <br /> '''1870'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger car painted straw.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1870-07-06/ed-1/seq-2/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 6 July 1870]''<br /> <br /> '''1879'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger cars painted a light yellow and gilded.<br /> <br /> Maine Central mail cars painted red or lake and gilded.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1879-10-20/ed-1/seq-3/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 20 October 1879]''<br /> <br /> '''1881'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central postal cars painted lake with silver and gilt trimmings.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1881-08-31/ed-1/seq-3/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 31 August 1881]''<br /> <br /> '''1882'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central Pullman sleeper, “Bangor,” painted a rich olive, with carmine, gilt, and black trimmings. Lettering in gold leaf, shaded with drab.<br /> <br /> ''The Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME), 23 June 1882''<br /> <br /> '''1884'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central Pullman sleeping coaches painted dark brown and richly gilded.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1884-04-07/ed-1/seq-2/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 7 April 1884]''<br /> <br /> '''1885'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central Pullman cars painted a “fine umber shade.”<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1885-06-13/ed-1/seq-3/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 13 June 1885]''<br /> <br /> Maine Central postal car painted dark red.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1885-03-16/ed-1/seq-4/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 16 March 1885]''<br /> <br /> Maine Central baggage cars painted a “rich red,” with trimmings of old gold.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1885-06-11/ed-1/seq-1/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 11 June 1885]''<br /> <br /> Maine Central combination car painted yellow and dark red.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1885-11-30/ed-1/seq-3/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 30 November 1885]''<br /> <br /> '''1890'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger cars painted “the standard Maine Central straw color.”<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1890-03-15/ed-1/seq-4/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 15 March 1890]''<br /> <br /> '''1891'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger cars begin to be painted olive green.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1891-12-09/ed-1/seq-4/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 9 December 1891]''<br /> <br /> '''1892'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central sleeping cars painted a “dark green color which the Maine Central adopted a year or more ago.”<br /> <br /> ''The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 14 December 1892''<br /> <br /> '''1893'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger cars and baggage cars painted seal-brown.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1893-05-20/ed-1/seq-4/ The Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 20 May 1893]''<br /> <br /> Maine Central baggage cars painted dark green.<br /> <br /> ''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1893-08-10/ed-1/seq-2/ The Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), 10 August 1893]''<br /> <br /> '''1894'''<br /> <br /> Maine Central passenger cars painted the “Pullman color.”<br /> <br /> ''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=wtAgAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=PA4#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false The Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), 10 December 1894]''<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / [[Maine Central Railroad Paint Information|Maine Central Railroad]]</div>

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