City of Los Angeles, 16th Train, 1950
Interior Color Charts
ACF Diner - 4815
American Car and Foundry delivered 17 dining cars in 1949. The cars were state of the arts when delivered.
The color is partially described in the book "The Streamliners".
The following chart is a summary of that description.
Detailed Chart
The colors that were used are not easy to determine anymore. Here is a guess and these are the colors I
will try to match in the model.
| Area | Color |
Sample |
Paint | Accuracy |
| Passageway |
| | Floor | Ceramic Tile | | |
| ? |
| | Walls and ceiling | | | |
| ? |
| | Doors | | | |
| ? |
| | Venetian Blinds | | | |
| ? |
| | Steward's seat | Leather | | |
| ? |
| Dining Area |
| | Floor | Carpet | Dapple Green | |
| ? |
| | Walls | Above windows | Tarnished Gold | |
| ? |
| | Curtains | | Yellow | |
| ? |
| | Stripes | Brown | |
| ? |
| | Bulkheads | Leather | Light Grey | |
| ? |
| | Decoration | Stainless steel | |
| ? |
| | Ceiling | | Ivory | |
| ? |
| | Tables | | | |
| ? |
| | Upholstery | | Red | |
| ? |
| | Trim | Tan | |
| ? |
| | Venetian Blinds | | | |
| ? |
| Kitchen |
| | Floor | Wood slats? | Wood? | |
| ? |
| | Walls | Stainless steel | | |
| ? |
| | Doors and ceiling | | | |
| ? |
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Acknowledgments
The trademark "Union Pacific" is used with permission of
Union Pacific Railroad.
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