https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/01/civil-war-railroading.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civil-war-railroading Model railroads and model trains Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/01/civil-war-railroading.html#comment-665 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:10:22 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2010/01/civil-war-railroading.html#comment-665 I think you’re on to something here. As you’ve discovered, photography during the 1860’s was only black and white. I would start with Wikipedia.org and search for Civil War Railroad. You’ll get a lot of choices that you can follow for specific roadnames. Unless some wonderful historian documented colors in text, you probably won’t have a lot of success.
That leaves the door open for your personal interpretation. Darker colored coaches were likely in a dark muted green (i.e. Pullman) or a Tuscan red.
Check out the scenic railroads like Durango & Silverton, or Cumbres & Toltec, as they still are in their colors of the early days. You probably will find something you like.

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