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Lettering set for Pacific Electric’s B-50-13/14 boxcars

Part Number: PE-1

Price: $8.50

The Pacic Electric received 800 boxcars from Standard Steel Car Co. in 1924. Delivery and transfers were as follows:
 
Series 2700-2899, 200 cars, Standard Steel Car Co., delivered March 1924. Class B-50-13
Series 10000-10599, 600 cars, Standard Steel Car Co., delivered August-November 1924. Class B-50-14
Series 2700-2899, 125 cars transferred to parent Southern Pacic as Series SP 88185-88309, June 1951. Class B-50-13
Series 100000-10399, 376 cars transferred to parent Southern Pacic as Series SP 19080-19455, June 1951. Class B-50-14
Series 10400-10599, 200 cars transferred to parent Southern Pacic as Series SP 18880-19079, July 1925. Class B-50-14
 
Paint & Lettering: Car body and trucks (wheels unpainted) all SP boxcar brown: TCP-922 for 1936-1937; and TCP-923 for cars painted 1940-1959. Black underbody until 1945, then boxcar brown. Lettering all white stencil paste.
 
A complete synopsis of these cars may be found in Tony Thompson’s very comprehensive series on S.P. Freight Cars, Vol 4, pages 190-199


Background color shown above is not included in decal sheet




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