lettering for Santa Fe’s Fe-24 1940 “Super Chief” for gen. freight service: white lettering on mineral brown car

Built in December 1941 and early 1942, Pullman-Standard delivered 500, fifty-foot double-door autocars to the Santa Fe under Lot number 5676. Initially assigned

into general freight service and given road numbers as Series 10000-10499.

 

Later in 1942, the first 200 cars (10000-10199) were selected for high-speed passenger express service and tted with steam lines and Allied Full-Cushion high speed trucks, painted in passenger green with stenceling and slogans/mapin Santa Fe’s DULUX gold scheme. In 1943, cars 10200-10299 were added to passenger service, fitted with steam lines and painted passenger green with DULUX gold lettering. In late 1943, all were renumbered into Series 4100-4399.

 

The remaining 200 cars of this group - Series 10300-10499, retained their as-delivered freight service ATSF Mineral Brown paint with all white stenciling.

 

Paint & Lettering: Cars, underbodies and truck sideframes were painted ATSF Mineral Brown: TCP-19, a dark freight car brown up until late 1945, then a medium

red/brown beginning in 1949: TCP-188. Both shades can be modified with a drop of TP-179 gray to replicate normal oxidation. Lettering in all white stencil paste. Periods in reporting marks were dropped in repainted cars. Black anti-slip compound applied to the steel roofs. (By 1947, the repainted cars had anti-slip compound applied to the roofs that was also mineral brown)

 

Note: For 50’ cars using the 1940 lettering scheme, the Santa Fe’s mechanical department designed stencils to be larger and longer (16‘) than those applied to the 40’ cars (12‘-6”). Beginning in 1947, when the Ship and Travel and later slogan scheme was applied, the new 1947 slogans were not resized, but used the 40’ boxcar size stencils on 50’ cars.

 

Decal set designed and created at Protocraft Decals

Printed by Microscale Industries