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Andrew Brandon

September 16, 2014 08:57PM

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The 1887 Sherwin-Williams "Catalog of Paints and Colors for Railway Use" indicates the Union Pacific was painting the trucks the same as the body, both are a mineral brown color.

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Kansas Central boxcar colors	Jason Midyette	September 14, 2014 07:20PM
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