Pullman Color

I mentioned in my previous post that Pullman Color was brown and switched to green in 1900. A few years ago I made this handy diagram for model railroaders:



Here is a sample of Pullman Color from Florence & Cripple Creek coach #52 now at the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Nevada City, CA. These cars were built wearing Pullman Color with gold striping filigree and lettering in 1897. When the cars went in for their first major paint work the color was switched to Pullman Green with gold striping, no filigree. This car went to the Nevada - California - Oregon Railway in 1917 where it was painted Pullman Green with no striping but retained the gold numbers on the end from the F&CC days. The N-C-O was never a hugely profitable and the shops simply painted around the existing numbers. In 1929 the car body was sold and used as a residence around Alturas, California. The owners built an extension on one platform, protecting this area for nearly 50 years before the car was rescued for preservation.


To the right of the Pullman Color you can see a small layer of faded Pullman Green.

Other examples of Pullman Color exist, a notable example is the former Ilwaco Railway coach preserved in Washington which not only has Pullman Color preserved but the original striping.
http://clamshellrailroad.org/the-nahcotta/

The most common place example of Pullman Color is UPS. After Pullman discontinued the use of the early color, the recently founded UPS company selected a color for their vehicles that was recognizable. They selected Pullman Color, which is now their signature color and they still order their paint by that name.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2020 11:07PM by Andrew Brandon.