South Carolina Railway Paint Information

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Passenger Cars

1882

First-class coaches painted with Prince’s metallic paint and finished with Indian red ground in japan. Corners, door posts, and letter-boards ornamented with gold and black.

National Car Builder, April 1882, pg. 38

1883

Passenger cars painted Tuscan red, the “road’s standard color for passenger equipment.”

National Car Builder, September 1883, pg. 98

Reference / Historic Railroad Paint Color Index / South Carolina Railway