Boston and Maine Railroad Paint and Color Guide Compiled by Rick Nowell Issue A--11 Nov 2012. Issue B--13 Dec 2012. Issue C--29 Dec 2012. Issue D--28 Mar 2014. Issue E--6 May 2014. Issue F—17 Jul 2014. Issue G--19 Jul 2014. Issue H—18 Sep 2014. Issue I---5 Jun 2015. Issue J—19 Apr 2016. Paint for Specification Source B&M caboose. blt. by B&M from parts for PRR N-5b caboose, 1942 and 1944 Exterior roof: Flood & Conklin black. Exterior sides, incl. cupola sides: Flood & Conklin tuscan red. Exterior ends incl. cupola ends: Flood & Conklin permanent red target. Interior ceiling and headliner: Patterson-Sargent Luxcoat standard gray headlining enamel. Lockers, locker doors, lower bunker tool chests, steel enclosures, such as hopper compartment, (int. and exterior of all) and exterior of lower bunk: Luxcoat standard. Interior floor: Patterson-Sargent freight car red. Interior side and end walls: Luxcoat buff enamel. Painting Diagram, dwg no. 45759, 4 Feb 1942. B&MRRHS Archives cat. no. 2009.8.3, p. 6 of 8. B&M diesel locomotives A letter from the late George Bishop (AccuPaint) in Jan. 2000 should satisfy some of your questions about the B&M Maroon and Gold colors. “Maroon used on the B&M locos during the 40s and early 50s had no official name but was a common color used by EMD during that period. Color was Dupont Duco 254-6957 (Maroon) and was referred to in official B&M painting specifications as Maroon for Engines hence when we produced AccuPaint AP-36, we called it Engine Maroon. “The varied when applied due to the fact that the paint was and B&M specification specified that it be painted over the Article attributed to Bob Warren and Bruce Bowden in B&MRRHS Modelers Notes Issue #147, 2013. Copied in its entirety. Standard
Yellow Lacquer: Du-Pont #254-51596 “Belt tension critical” 992S982701 B&M diesel locomotives Nos. 4265 – 4268 (EMD F7) See documents in file B&MRRHS Archives Cat. No. 2012.99.15. Classif. L7858 BM 10.1949. Vertical file B&M diesel locomotives 1967. Introduction of the “solid blue” paint scheme for locomotives which replaced the blue, black, and white scheme of the 1950s. Solid blue initially appeared on some of the Kydd, Douglas F. “A Dozen More Covered Wagons,” in B&M Bulletin Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (2013), p. 23. B&M stations 1899. New station buildings are erected at Wentworth, Meredith, South Amherst, Lakeport, Grasmere, N.H., Wedgemere, Rockport, and Tewksbury, Mass., and York Harbor, Me. The station paint and color scheme was dark gray with bronze green trim. B&M Chronicle Thru 1900 B&M stations 1 August 1900. Station buildings between Magnolia and Rockport have been painted some of them with a “base” of darker hue. B&M Chronicle Thru 1900 B&M steam locomotives Paint required for a Boston and Maine Railroad A-41 locomotive: 6 gal. black varnish 2 gal. primer 1 gal. surfacer For making aluminum paint: ¼ lb. aluminum 6 oz. linseed oil ½ pint spar varnish Harry A. Frye Collection B&M structures B&M adopts cream and maroon color scheme for structures in 1940s B&M Chronicle From 1901 B&M standard small open station Colonial Yellow (body) Rich Maroon (trim) Standard Plan C-16, rev. B&M standard small closed station Colonial Yellow (body) Rich Maroon (trim) Standard Plans C-17 and rev. 1-10-1949
grain. Seats were green, brown, blue stripe, brown stripe, or brown. B&M steam locomotives – H. Frye See at bmrrhs.org>On-Line Archives Division markings on cab: P Portland; TP Terminal Portland; WMTS White Mountains; C&P (No.) Connecticut & Passumpsic (North); C& P (So.) Connecticut and Passumpsic (South); F Fitchburg; F-B Fitchburg-Berkshire; S Southern; NH New Hampshire; WN&P Worcester, Nashua & Portland; Pass. Passumpsic; C.R. Connecticut River; B Berkshire; McV Mechanicville; FE, FW Fitchburg Eastern and Western; WMTS-Pass., WMTS-P White [unclear whether FE, FW, WMTS-Pass., or WMTS-P were ever used]. Adapted from “A Guide to Identifying Locomotive Photos” from Minuteman Steam by Harry A. Frye, p. viii. B&M locomotives – Van Bokkelen B&M Paint Schemes 1911 - 1956 1911 scheme Boston & Maine below cab window, with class and division assignment in smaller characters, engine number in large font on tender side and rear. This was eventually applied to all the older engines re-numbered in 1911, and all new classes through S-1b (2-10-2s built in 1923) were delivered in it. No Herald, No Road Name, Black The engine number appears in white on the cab side below the windows, and sometimes on the rear of the tender, and that's it. No road name, no herald, graphite on the smokebox and black everywhere else. Apparently an austerity measure, applied to engines during the 1930s, although a few photos in the last couple Unofficial Boston & Maine Railroad Page Copyright 1997 - 2012 by . This document may be duplicated and distributed for non-commercial purposes only, all other rights reserved. Maintained by James B. VanBokkelen (jbvbRemove_This@ttlc.net). Mr. VanB states: I know about the special Minuteman and Flying Yankee schemes applied to several P-2c 4-6-2s around 1930, but I haven't written them up.