03-08-2012, 12:27 PM
Most boxcars were some shade of a red oxide, but there were other colors, grey's, yellows, greens.
If you go back before 1900, boxcars in line service were often painted the color of the line, so Blue Line cars were blue, Red Line were red and White line were white.
If you go back before 1900, boxcars in line service were often painted the color of the line, so Blue Line cars were blue, Red Line were red and White line were white.