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lettering for NKP’s 1937 AAR boxcars - 1941 scheme

Part Number: NKP-3b

Price: $8.50

The NKP received 2,700, 1937 AAR design box cars between August, 1936 and August, 1944., in order as follows:
 
Series 15000-15499 - 500 cars, General American Transportation Corp. Lot 2752 - Delivered August, 1936. Viking roof *
Series 15500-15999 - 500 cars, General American Transportation Corp. Lot 2779 - Delivered September, 1937, Viking roof *
Series 16000-16499 - 500 cars, American Car & Foundry. Lot 2272 - Delivered August, 1941, Murphy Raised panel roof
Series 16500-17399 - 900 cars, General American Transportation Corp. Lot 22880 - Delivered March, 1942
Series 17400-17699 - 300 cars, General American Transportation Corp. Lot 2938 - Delivered July, 1944
 
Paint & Lettering: Car painted 1940’s NKP color - used from 1944 through 1959: matches TCP-923. Be sure and blend in some TCP-179 grey to replicate normal
oxidation that would occur within the rst year or service, and progressly lighter each year. The later-delivered cars came with black ends. Underbody and truck
side frames were coated with black car cement; wheels unpainted. Lettering was all white stencil paste. In 1946 the NICKEL PLATE ROAD slogan was changed
to a straight R in ROAD with a long leg R and D. See Protocraft Decals sheet NKP-3c for the 1946 lettering scheme.
 
*Note: The early series 15000-15999, was not believed to have been lettered with this scheme, but came with the earlier straight lettered ROAD (NKP-3a) and
then went to the long legged R and D ROAD scheme (NKP-3c) during 1946 and subsequent repaint work.
Lettering set designed and created at Protocraft Decals.
 
Accurate brass model of the NKP 15000-15999 Series is PC-3512; Model of NKP 16000-17699 Series is PC-3518


Background color shown above is not included in decal sheet




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