Northern Pacific Railroad Paint Information - Revision history

Josh Bernard at 20:16, 29 April 2022

2022-04-29T20:16:54Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:16, 29 April 2022
Line 52:		Line 52:
	'''1891'''		'''1891'''

	Mail cars are painted white.		Mail cars used on the dedicated Chicago-San Francisco mail train are painted white.

	''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1891-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/\| The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), 8 April 1891]''		''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1891-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/\| The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), 8 April 1891]''

			''"Overland Fast Mail," Inter-Ocean 29 January 1891.''

	'''1898'''		'''1898'''

Josh Bernard at 23:43, 11 March 2022

2022-03-11T23:43:23Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:43, 11 March 2022
Line 62:		Line 62:
	''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SLvKdUFyQuaYbjjDm6TxlkrveCydVck/view?usp=sharing\| The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), 30 April 1898]''		''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SLvKdUFyQuaYbjjDm6TxlkrveCydVck/view?usp=sharing\| The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), 30 April 1898]''

			'''1905'''

			Master Painter A.J. Bishop orders that no striping be added to passenger cars.

			''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA266#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Notes and Comments," Railway Master Mechanic July 1905 p266.]''



	[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]		[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]

Josh Bernard: Created page, imported data from google doc

2021-08-03T19:54:12Z

Created page, imported data from google doc

New page

[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]

<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>
==Freight Cars==

'''1880'''

Cabooses painted bright red.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g9wxSnzm__9UrWxzcK6fntMg6ARXB_Y0/view?usp=sharing| The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 20 July 1880]''

'''1881'''

Cabooses painted right red lead.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder, December 1881, pg. 154]''

'''1882'''

Refrigerator cars painted bright yellow.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r-KuNZjIdjrIAtFiGaqpK8nPwgjHQ3Jd/view?usp=sharing| The River Press (Fort Benton, MT), 20 December 1882]''

''Photographs of these cars can be found at these links: [https://statemuseum.nd.gov/database/photobook/index.php?content=photobook-itemdetails&ID=PH_I_144360&CollectionNmbr=00042&PBID=83080|here] and [https://statemuseum.nd.gov/database/photobook/index.php?content=photobook-itemdetails&ID=PH_I_144404&CollectionNmbr=00042&PBID=83121|here].''

==Passenger Equpiment==

'''1874'''

Coaches painted light straw with lead colored trimming. Posts and panels are black striped with gold leaf.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bMb21x5w0-OVw1C4H38uk_IET2YLIbTB/view?usp=sharing| The Petaluma Weekly Argus (Petaluma, CA) 5 June 1874]''

'''1881'''

Coaches are brown.

New coaches built by Barney & Smith are painted yellow.

''[https://catalog.lindahall.org/discovery/delivery/01LINDAHALL_INST:LHL/1286056090005961?lang=en| The National Car Builder March 1881 pg. 25]''

Coaches painted bright straw with maroon and dark brown trim.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N8vtx_Re7VDMgdjYzDs4w8UfcF4YPTIo/view?usp=sharing| The Duluth Tribune (Duluth, MN), 15 April 1881]''

'''1883'''

Pullman coaches built for the Northern Pacific are painted "Pullman Color."

''The National Car Builder July 1883 pg. 80''

'''1891'''

Mail cars are painted white.

''[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1891-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/| The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), 8 April 1891]''

'''1898'''

Cars assigned to the express train "Copper City Limited" are painted deep green with copper trim.

''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SLvKdUFyQuaYbjjDm6TxlkrveCydVck/view?usp=sharing| The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), 30 April 1898]''

[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]