Union Tank Line: Paint Information

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index

Freight Cars

1873

Tank cars built by the Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company were painted with white tanks, blue domes and red ends and frames.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA), 2 April 1873

1877

A new batch of tank cars from the same manufacturer was painted the same.

Pittsburgh Commercial and Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 8 May 1877

1880s

White, 1993 states that UTL cars were painted red through the 1880s up until 1912, when they started to be painted black.

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index