lettering for CP’s 1932 ARA boxcars - 1936-47 lettering

In April 1936, the Canadian Pacic received 700 boxcars of the new 1932 ARA design. Built at the Canadian Car & Foundry’s Montreal plant as Lot 1024. They

were assigned road numbers as Series 225000-225699.

 

Paint & Lettering: Recommended color is Oxide Red with a dash of orange added. It might be wise to add a 10-15% gray to cut down this a bit as it may look

too bright on a model.

 

Cars were delivered lettered as shown above. In August 1947, the short lived “SPANS THE WORLD” medallion was applied, and in 1950 the stepped ‘CANADIAN

PACIFIC RAILWAY’ lettering was introduced. In 1963, this was replaced by a script version of “Canadian Pacific” All schemes, with artwork by Rick Leach, are

available from Protocraft Decals.

 

Lettering set designed and created at Protocraft Decals