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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=Michigan_Central_Railroad_Paint_Information" title="Michigan Central Railroad Paint Information">Michigan Central Railroad</a> &lt;span style=&quot;float:right;&quot;&gt;TOC&lt;/span&gt; ==Fr...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / [[Michigan Central Railroad Paint Information|Michigan Central Railroad]]<br /> &lt;span style=&quot;float:right;&quot;&gt;TOC&lt;/span&gt;<br /> ==Freight Cars==<br /> <br /> '''1875'''<br /> <br /> Freight cars “to be painted” yellow.<br /> <br /> ''The Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI), 20 January 1875''<br /> <br /> '''1882'''<br /> <br /> Cattle car bodies, roofs, and trucks coated with mineral paint; ironwork painted gloss black. These specifications are identical between the NYC&amp;HRRR, Michigan Central, LS&amp;MS, and Canada Southern, given that all four are Vanderbilt lines.<br /> <br /> ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286056230005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, February 1882, pg. 19]''<br /> <br /> ==Passenger Cars==<br /> <br /> '''1870'''<br /> <br /> Postal cars painted buff.<br /> <br /> ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v6l1UFSrTBXB7u_GfXmh6031x67D7srg/view?usp=sharing The National Car Builder, November 1870, pg. 5]''<br /> <br /> '''1880'''<br /> <br /> Sleeping cars painted maroon.<br /> <br /> ''Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA), 10 September 1880''<br /> <br /> Postal cars painted white with “decorations in the Eastlake style, with corner and door-posts of deep lake color.”<br /> <br /> ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286055950005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, October 1880, pg. 164]''<br /> <br /> '''1883'''<br /> <br /> Passenger cars painted the “regulation ochre shade of the road.”<br /> <br /> ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286056380005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, June 1883, pg. 61]''<br /> <br /> New 70-foot dining cars are painted “old gold color” on the outside and finished in white oak with French Walnut panels on the inside. Furniture is upholstered in red morocco.<br /> <br /> ''[https://archive.org/details/scrapbooks186519734pull/page/n269/mode/2up?q=rio+grande Railway Passenger Agent 8 May 1883]''<br /> <br /> '''1884'''<br /> <br /> Passenger car “standard color” is yellow.<br /> <br /> ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286056520005961?lang=en The National Car Builder, August 1884, pg. 104]''<br /> <br /> '''? to 1890'''<br /> <br /> MC passenger coaches painted bright yellow.<br /> <br /> '''1890'''<br /> <br /> MC passenger coaches begin to be painted a “very dark brown with trimmings of gold.” Brown was already in use for MC sleepers.<br /> <br /> ''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST/1286055090005961?lang=en The National Car and Locomotive Builder, April 1890, pg. 51]''<br /> <br /> MC passenger and baggage cars painted a “dark olive green.”<br /> <br /> ''The Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY), 6 August 1890''<br /> <br /> '''1895'''<br /> <br /> MC passenger cars painted dark brown, lettered in silver with red shading.<br /> <br /> ''The Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI), 9 April 1895''<br /> <br /> '''1901'''<br /> <br /> MC passenger coaches known to be painted dark green.<br /> <br /> ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OG4nlFIZHHerSvdIT5lkiPmKTiP4I8gK/view?usp=sharing The Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI), 29 October 1901]''<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]] / [[Michigan Central Railroad Paint Information|Michigan Central Railroad]]</div>

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