Southern Pacific Railroad: Paint Information - Revision history

John Hall at 18:42, 5 October 2024

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	See: [[Pullman Color]]		See: [[Pullman Color]]

	===Buildings===		==Locomotives==
			'''1891'''

			Locomotives painted a somber black, brass fittings and multiple colors removed or painted over.

			[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]

			==Buildings==

	'''1885'''		'''1885'''

John Hall at 20:30, 16 December 2022

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	Emigrant cars painted the same bright red as cabooses.		Emigrant cars painted the same bright red as cabooses.

	''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=fpZhAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\| The Kern County Californian (Bakersfield, CA), 10 November ~~1888~~]''		''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=fpZhAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\| The Kern County Californian (Bakersfield, CA), 10 November 1883]''

	'''1884'''		'''1884'''

Andrew Brandon: /* Passenger Equipment */

2021-10-17T16:16:04Z

Passenger Equipment

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	''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''		''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''

			'''1885'''

			The passenger stock is in first class order, and is nearly all painted in the new standard color, dark brown.

			''Southern Pacific Company Annual Report, December 31, 1885. ''

	'''Common Standard'''		'''Common Standard'''

Josh Bernard at 17:37, 9 September 2021

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	'''Common Standard'''		'''Common Standard'''

			'''1893'''

			Twenty coaches built by Pullman for the Southern Pacific were painted green with gold leaf scrollwork. The interior was finished in "vermilion wood." The seating was upholstered in fawn color except in the two drawing rooms where it was green frieze.

			''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62r4spq/7534862\| "Pullman's Masterpiece," Ogden Daily Standard, 3 March 1893]''

	Dupont paint color number 88-4558, CS-1 Dark Olive in Japan, also CS-7 Dark Olive.		Dupont paint color number 88-4558, CS-1 Dark Olive in Japan, also CS-7 Dark Olive.

Josh Bernard: Added info about SP replacing CPRR branding on depots.

2021-09-09T16:23:37Z

Added info about SP replacing CPRR branding on depots.

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	See: [[Pullman Color]]		See: [[Pullman Color]]

			===Buildings===

			'''1885'''

			New signs replacing the old Central Pacific branding on the Ogden Utah depot are painted white with black lettering. The ticket window sign is lettered "Southern Pacific Co. Ticket Office. To all points west."

			''[https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6br9sx7/7397295\| Ogden Herald, 6 may 1885]''





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

Andrew Brandon at 20:58, 26 June 2021

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	''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''		''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''

			'''Common Standard'''

	Dupont paint color number 88-4558, CS-1 Dark Olive in Japan, also CS-7 Dark Olive.		Dupont paint color number 88-4558, CS-1 Dark Olive in Japan, also CS-7 Dark Olive.

Andrew Brandon at 20:57, 26 June 2021

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	''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''		''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''

			Dupont paint color number 88-4558, CS-1 Dark Olive in Japan, also CS-7 Dark Olive.

			See: [[CS-1 Dark Olive]]

			See: [[Pullman Color]]

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

Josh Bernard: Created page, imported documentation from google doc

2021-06-24T19:54:27Z

Created page, imported documentation from google doc

New page

[[Reference]] / [[Historic Railroad Paint Color Index]]
<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>

See [[Central Pacific Railroad: Paint Information]]

==Freight Cars==

'''1883'''

Cabooses are painted bright red.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=fpZhAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Kern County Californian (Bakersfield, CA), 10 November 1888]''

'''1891'''

Southern Pacific adopts the "setting sun" monogram.

''The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), 4 June 1891''

==Passenger Equipment==

'''1881'''

Coaches painted bright yellow with red roofs.

''The Harrisburg Daily Patriot (Harrisburg, PA), 9 August 1881''

'''1883'''

Passenger cars painted pale green.

Emigrant cars painted the same bright red as cabooses.

''[https://books.google.ca/books?id=fpZhAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false| The Kern County Californian (Bakersfield, CA), 10 November 1888]''

'''1884'''

Passenger cars are repainted to a "Rich brown similar to the Pullman cars."

''The Silver State (Unionville, NV), 1 March 1884''

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