Lettering set for GN’s USRA boxcars - 1923-1935 scheme

In September 1919, Mt Vernon Car Company delivered 1,500 USRA design boxcars to the G.N. Series were 23494-24993. In 1923 the G.N.

received an additional 1,000 boxcars of the USRA design from Pullman-Standard Car Co. as Series 24994-25993. By October 1953, 1,187 of

these cars were still in revenue service, with 222 still remaining in January 1961.
 

Paint & Lettering: Cars side painted G.N. Mineral Red, with roof, ends, truck sideframes and underbody painted black. Lettering all white

stencil paste. The “See America First” medallion, all white with a black center, was applied between 1922 and 1935. (See Protocraft Decals

GN-2b for 1940’s medallion, lettering and paint scheme.)

Decal set designed and created at Protocraft Decals