Western Maryland XM boxcar - 40’ steel boxcar

This lettering sheet is for Western Maryland’s 40-foot steel box cars wtih the “Fast Freight Line” ball emblem scheme.
 

The lettering set contains data for WM’s 1932 ARA box car with a 9’-3” IH, built by Bethlehem Steel and delivered in April, 1937, as

Series 27001-27500. Later in January 1940, an additional 500 1932 ARA boxcars were delivered from Pressed Steel Car Company

as as Series 27501-28000; and in March 1942, Pressed Steel delivered 200 additional cars as Series 28001-28200.
 

In September 1945, General American Transportation Corp delivered 100 1937 AAR design 9’-11” IH boxcars under Lot #2954,

Series 28201-28300.
 

The characters and emblem were created from actual Western Maryland stencils and from prototype photos for maximum

accuracy. Lettering and artwork by Ted Culotta.