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Lettering set for C&O’s 1937 AAR design boxcars - 1936 -1959

Part Number: C&O-3

Price: $8.50

Between October 1936 and February 1942, the C & O took delivery of 4,150 1937 AAR boxcars, divided between 4 builders. Series numbers and production dates are as follows:

Series 4000-4499, 500 cars, GATC, Lot 2754, - delivered Oct 1936 - Viking roof - Square corner 4/5DN ends

Series 5000-5299, 500 cars, GATC Lot 2777 - delivered July 1938 - Viking roof - Square corner 4/5DN ends

Series 4500-4999, 500 cars, P-S, Lot 5531 - delivered Dec 1936 - Murphy roof - Square corner 4/5 ends

Series 3000-3299, 300 cars, ACF, Lot 2091 - delivered Oct 1940 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 3300-3499, 200 cars, GATC Lot 2835 - delivered 1940 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 3500-3699, 200 cars, P-S, Lot 5635 - delivered Oct 1940 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 3700-3899, 200 cars, Mt Vernon - delivered Oct 1940 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 10000-10249, 250 cars, ACF Lot 2222 - delivered Oct 1941 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 10250-10499, 250 cars, GATC none - delivered 1941 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 10500-10749, 250 cars, P-S Lot 5667 - delivered 1941 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Series 10750-10999, 250 cars, Mt Vernon - delivered 1941 - Murphy roof - W corner 4/5DN ends

Protocraft Models for these cars are: PC-3512, PC-3514, PC-3518

Paint & Lettering: Cars were delivered painted with C&O’s freight car brown: Matches TCP-921*. By the early 1950’s the cars were repainted with a dark oxide red: TCP-924*. This original color is very dark and needs to have a small amount of TCP-179 gray added to replicate normal oxidation. Ends were painted

black and some Lot’s came with black doors also.

Lettering was all white stencil paste. Reporting marks and road name were all 9” lettering. The ‘C and O for PROGRESS’ slogan did not appear until April 1948, and on the right hand side.

* TCP-901-929 are Protocraft Decals propietory colors mixed by TCP under the direction of Ed Hawkins and available at Protocraft

11014, built in February 1942, has been repainted with the new C&O Progress steam smoke slogan at C&O’s Holland shops in January, 1954

Decal sheet designed and created at Protocraft Decals with artwork and lettering by Ted Culotta

Background color shown above is not included in decal sheet