lettering for SP’s G-50-15/22 GS gondola cars - 1956 scheme - a Rick Leach decal set

The Southern Pacic received 6,150 General Service gondola cars built after 1940. Steel cars were built and were delivered as follows:

 

Series 94500 - 95199, 700 cars, Bethlehem Steel Corp, delivered Spring of 1942, with Bettendorf trucks - Class G-15

Series 95200 - 95499, 300 cars, Mt. Vernon Car Co, delivered Spring of 1944, with Barber S-2 trucks - Class G-16

Series 89854- 90403, 550 cars, Bethlehem Steel Corp, delivered Fall of 1946, with Barber S-2 trucks - Class G-18

Series 151000-152649, 1,650 cars, Bethlehem Steel Corp, delivered Fall of 1948, with A-3 Ride Control trucks - Class G-22

 

In 1956, all these cars were renumbered into the 360000 Series for steel cars, (and 380000 Series for composite cars.)

 

Decal set designed and created at Protocraft Decals based on artwork by Rick Leach

 

For a more thorough understanding of the SP’s GS gondola cars, refer to Tony Thompson’s excellent and comprehensive series on SP Freight

Cars, Vol 1, pages 123-146, published by Signature Press.