Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Paint Information

Freight Equipment

CRI&P refrigerator cars painted bright yellow and “handsomely lettered.”

CRI&P refrigerator fruit cars painted orange.

CRI&P ventilator and refrigerator cars painted bright yellow with black, red, and blue lettering.

CRI&P refrigerator cars painted white with black stencilling.

Passenger cars painted buff.

Passenger cars begin to be painted a “darker shade.”

Passenger car paint was a mix of golden ochre, drop black and tuscan red.

The National Car Builder, November 1880

CRI&P passenger cars, including Pullman cars, are painted olive and gold.

Horton Daily Headlight (Horton, KS) 16 May 1888