lettering for Santa Fe’s Fe-24 1959 8’ Cross: gold on green: Express service

Built in December 1941, Pullman-Standard Car Company delivered 500 fifty-foot double-door cars to the Santa Fe under Lot number 5676. Initially given road numbers as Series 10000-10499. The rst 300 cars were selected for high-speed passenger express service and fitted with steam lines and Allied Full-Cushion high speed trucks, painted passenger green with DULUX synthetic gold stencilling and map/slogan scheme. In 1943 cars were renumbered into the 4100-4399 Series. The new 8 foot diameter cross scheme was introduced system-wide in 1959. The 8’ cross and the newly designed Ship and Travel were applied on both sides. Allied Cushion trucks were replaced with 50-ton ASF A-3 Ride-Control trucks. It was common to see these distinctive cars at the head-end position in almost all name trains across the country well into the 1950’s.

 

Paint & Lettering: Car bodies were painted ATSF passenger car green: TCP-255. Underbodies and truck sideframes coated with black car cement. Black anti-slip

compound with sand was applied to the steel roofs. The 1959 huge 8’ cross and circle herald was in Santa Fe’s standard DULUX synthetic gold.

 

Decal set designed and created at Protocraft Decals

Printed by Microscale Industries

 

Model by Protocraft: PC-3709