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lettering for PM’s 10’-0” IH 50’ automobile/furniture cars

Part Number: PM-6

Price: $8.50
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Between 1930 and 1941, the Pere Marquette received 550, 50’ double-door auto cars as follows:

Series 71000-71249, 250 cars, Pressed Steel Car Company, Lot 5, delivered October 1930 - for automobile transportation - end doors
Series 71250-71349, 100 cars, Ralston Car Company, Lot 2520, delivered October 1936 - for automobile/furniture transportation
Series 72000-72099, 100 cars, Greenville Steel Car Company, O.O. 307, delivered December 1940 - for automobile transportation
Series 72100-72124, 25 cars, Greenville Steel Car Company, O.O. 323, delivered September 1941 - for automobile transportation
Series 72125-72199, 75 cars, Greenville Steel Car Company, O.O. 323, delivered September 1941 - for automobile transportation - end doors

(In late 1949 the PM was absorbed into the C & O and these cars were repainted and lettered for C&O and renumbered by adding a 2 before the PM numbers.)

Paint & Lettering: Cars were painted freight car brown: TCP-221 (color for oxidation with TCP-179) Ends and underframe coated with black car cement. Early cars came with side doors painted black. Wheels unpainted.

Decal set designed and created at Protocraft Decals
Printed by Microscale Industries



Background color shown above is not included in decal sheet




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