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When the cars were built, there was only the car number, in one place per side, plus the buzzsaw and white striping. The only other lettering on the car would have been 1″ height, in a couple of places including the end of the car, for dates of last inspection or lubrication or brake test.
In 1969, when the cars were reclassified as freight from passenger, many of them got the capacity data that any normal freight car would have. Capacity data is supposed to be on the left end of the car side. Dimensional data, which on a freight car is supposed to be on the right end of the car side, was never applied to any car I ever saw. (“supposed to be” means according to AAR interchange standards, which used to be published in the ORER.)
So you have everything that was ever there, for the cars as they appeared when being reassigned to freight service. For the next change, when they were assigned to MoW service and renumbered, you’ll probably need another decal set.
Ron Merrick
