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Eccentric, a ribald joke, road of 1000 impossible dreams. Yet it endured in a land of sand and ruin and gold for nearly 80 years. Here a bit of Carl Fallberg’s superb art captures the spirit of the C&C. The fancy lettering comes from an 1894 pass. It exemplifies the improbable aspiration of “the Slim Princess”. Yet few roads were as romantic, few so well loved, and somehow it did endure. Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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It was only a tiny narrow gauge, and it did not last very long, but for sheer grandeur of scenery, stirring train operations, and colorful life, it can lift its head proudly. Climbing the Rockies out of Boulder, the C&N got its “Switzerland Trail” nickname the hard way: it earned it! The distinctive lettering of its reporting marks and the blue and white logo were both actually applied to its cars. Can you resist adding the fancy and appealing “Switzerland Trail” slogan too?
Brown Box Car. White and Blue Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Pride in home ownership distinguished the first 10 years for C&S. A special Roman lettering style and “Colorado Road” slogan decorated its boxcars. To this add the two-color twined letter logo from company stationery and advertising. Result: a very distinctive, handsomely lettered railcar.

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Yellow Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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The block style lettering was standard from about 1910 until 1928, when the bullseye logo and ‘Roman’ lettering were adopted. In actual practice many cars never lost the older style lettering. This car represents one such only partially relettered by the addition of the new logo.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Colorado & Southern kitbashed Box Car 8242 by removing the entire “A” end, splitting it down the middle, and rehanging the halves as end doors. Result: an Automobile Car. They forgot to reletter the car. But you can! “Automobile” and auto graphic freelanced. Includes transfers representing end door hinges and door latch.

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Gold Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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In a land of railroad spectaculars the Georgetown Loop stands head and shoulders above all the rest. It commands the hearts of men. Name another bridge rebuilt by volunteer labor. First built by Colorado Central between 1871 and 1884. Tonnages of gold and silver ores come down from the Snowy Mountains. Waves of passengers rode steam cars up and over the Loop. Tiny Moguls chuffed and spun drivers on the 3.5% grade in twisting Clear Creek Canyon. Here is the authentic lettering carried in black and white on CC cars. Freelance loop logo.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Borax Smith built it. Death Valley Scotty rode it. 20 mule teams vanished because of it. Three foot gauge with a two foot extension. The three footer hauled tourists until 1950. Freelance logo.

Brown Box Car. White Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Curecanti Needle in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison for many years adorned the advertising herald of the Rio Grande. The banner underneath was pointed to suggest a locomotive pilot. Reproduced here in magnificent detail.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Lucius Beebe wrote, “It is difficult to discover a vanished institution that still lays as compulsive a hold on the imagination as the Denver, South Park & Pacific.” It is therefore downright criminal that the South Park should have possessed the plainest of drab brown boxcars, particularly when it owned one of the most delightful railroad logos.

Brown Box Car. White Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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At 275 miles the N-C-O was one of the largest narrow gauges. Broad gauged in 1927. Butter from the Sierra Valley dairies required passenger service handling so as not to be delayed making the transfer at Reno to the Virginia & Truckee for the run to Virginia City. The N-C-O ran these green boxcars on passenger car trucks. Authentic N-C-O herald makes an even handsomer car.

Pullman Green Box Car. Black and Gold Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Perhaps no railroad so small (20 miles) enjoys so much affection. Affection during its lifetime — the nickname “Never Come Never Go” was both joking and affectionate, not otherwise — and since then. Equipment was very plain. Freight cars lettered with only road initials and car number. It is therefore appropriate that the herald and nickname be added to a boxcar as distinguishing marks for a road so well remembered.

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Green Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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This very handsome car of the Oahu Railway & Land Company features yellow lettering in a faithful and complete rendering of the prototype. The graphics display a spear fisherman standing in the surf and a seagull winging over the sea. Now just imagine that these cars could have come stateside on a Matson roll on-roll-off vessel…yes you can interchange.

Brown Box Car. Yellow Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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This is how OR&L decorated its cars at the turn of the 20th century.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Pacific Coast Railway was a unique narrow gauge composed of three separate segments, connected by ships of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. The Seattle lines adopted this very bold lettering style. Pacific Steamship’s flag is added as a herald using authentic colors. The Seattle lines were broadgauged and are now a part of Burlington Northern.

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Blue Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'

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First narrow gauge part of the Pacific Coast system was the San Luis Obispo segment opened in 1873. It ran from Port Harford on San Luis Bay through San Luis Obispo to Los Alamos. Abandoned 1941. Olives, sugar beets and oil filled its cars. The steamer wharf, Southern Pacific interlocking, and San Luis yards were truly modelgenic. There was a fleet of 25 box cars. This lettering reproduces them with the blue, white and black steamer line flag added as herald.

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Blue Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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The Sunrise herald appeared on locos, geese and cabeese. The goose on both geese and advertising. Both have been traced from the prototypes and added to RGS boxcar lettering.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Box car 8801, acquired  from C&S, was a special service car for Automobile loading. It featured center opening end doors. Freel ance “Automobile” lettering, auto graphic, and transfers for the end door hinges and door latch (“A” end only) are included.
 

Brown Box Car. White, Black and Gold Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Here’s a 28 foot box car that makes an outstanding model. A marvellous marriage of car design and prototype billboard lettering. The Carter Brothers car was the original narrow gauge billboard box car. The herald’s sun differs from that of the parent Southern Pacific along with the prototypical block lettering for reporting marks and gothic for dimensional data.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 28'.

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The last three-foot logger endures in the hearts of men. Couple West Side stencil lettering with a rendering of the company logo from its stationery. The logo is black and white.

Brown Box Car. White and Black Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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Combine a faithful rendering of the original 1900 WP&Y herald with the dramatic colors of its modern day descendant. Wow! The herald has a yellow sky for the Klondike's promise, ice blue for the mountain peaks and a snow-white foreground. The train is yellow too.
 

Brown Box Car. White, Black, Blue and Yellow Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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This speed lettered car is not as dramatic as the 1900 herald, but it is still very arresting. Fully prototypical per WP&Y modern era. Stencil format letters in yellow as actually appeared on car 708.

Green Box Car. Yellow Lettering. LA 7'-2" x 30'.

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34' Box Car. Circa 1901. Yellow Sides, Black Lettering. Lettering Area 7'9" x 34'.

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