MKT lettering for 1925 Howe truss-side boxcars - original scheme

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad had 3,500 of the Howe design truss-side cars in the 1920’s. This decal set is concerned with the last 1,500 cars built by

AC&F in late 1925 and early 1926.
 

Series 95000-96499, 1,500 cars, American Car & Foundry, delivered 1925/6.
 

Paint & Lettering: They were initially painted box car red with white lettering. Later they were painted Sloan yellow (see Benjamin Moore “Yellow Merigold”),

or TCP-108, with black lettering - see Protocraft Decals MKT-3b) Underbody and truck side frames painted with black car cement.
 

Designed and sized at Protocraft Decals with lettering by Ted Culotta.