Lettering for 1940’s "Route of Phoebe Snow" for 1937 AAR boxcars

The DL&W received 1,503 1937 AAR 10’-0” IH design boxcars, between February 1940 and December 1944. Series and deliveries as follows:
 

Series 49000-49499, 500 cars, Magor Car Corp, Lot P9450 - delivered February 1940

Series 49500-49502, 3 cars, Magor Car Corp, Lot P9677 - delivered July 1941

Series 51000-51399, 400 cars, Magor Car Corp, Lot P9975 - delivered April 1942

Series 51400-51749, 350 cars, AC&F, Lot 2714 , delivered November 1944

Series 51750-51999, 250 cars, Magor Car Corp, Lot W708, delivered December 1944 - 7-Panel Superior doors
 

Paint & Lettering: Cars were painted with DL&H freight car brown. Underframe coated with black car cement. Beginning with the 1942 built Series 51000-51399,

the DL&W introduced the Phoebe Snow slogan advertising clean steam engine exhaust, and in 1949, for their crack passenger train PHOEBE SNOW between

New Jersey and Bualo, NY. Later in 1944 with Series 51400-51999, the slogan remained but the road name was increased in size and moved to the left side of

the car over the reporting marks. See decal set DL&W-3b for this scheme; and DL&W-3c for 1955 Gothic reporting marks.
 

Lettering and slogans designed and created at Protocraft Decals
 

Model for this car is Protocraft PC-3526