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Pullman-Standard Freight Cars, 1900–1960 (Signature Press,
2007, page 68). I used a ready-to-run Kadee PS-1 car for
this, but repainted it and decaled it myself, with the same
Speedwitch decal set, D103. The slogan on these cars was “The
Route of Courteous Service (9).”
The Seaboard is a good example of a railroad for which there are
other, equivalently good choices for signature cars, such as the
distinctive round-roof boxcars in Seaboard’s Class B-7 (and the
automobile cars in classes AF-1 and AF-2). As I’ve already stated,
the choices described in this column are my personal ones, and
I would never claim that everyone should chose the same ones.
As a modeler learns more about the signature freight cars of rail-
roads other than his home road, the selection of cars to model
9: The 1952 order of PS-1 boxcars by Seaboard
included an 8-foot door, at the time an unusually large
door opening. By this time, Seaboard had introduced
the red heart in the railroad medallion. The model is a
Kadee car, repainted and with decal lettering.
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