HO Chessie System 50 Foot Flatcar Decals

Fifty foot flatcars were introduced when railroads found that the customers they served were making bigger loads that required larger cars, either in capacity or loading size. Flatcars of this nominal length quickly became the standard size for general service flatcars and most served in revenue service for nearly 50 years, with some later being used in non-revenue service giving them a longer service life than most other generic use cars.

When the full effects of the Chessie System started to be felt across the systems operated by the Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Western Maryland, they faced a crisis of identity that could only be solved by repainting the fleet. This decal set is for covering the Chessie repainted fleet of 50 foot long general service 70 Ton flatcars manufactured for all three railroads. This number series for these cars are B&O 9100-9299, C&O 216500-216874, WM 2401-2475. By 1995 most of these cars had been retired due to their age.

This sheet has enough data to do 1 car. These 50 foot, 70 ton capacity flatcars have been produced by various manufacturers including, but not limited to Tichy, Proto 2000, Walthers, and Intermountain. The cars were painted black, both trucks and body. Photos of these cars in this scheme can be found online at rr-fallenflags.org, rrpicturearchives.net, railcarphotos.com as well as the Chessie System Color Guide published by Morning Sun Books.

This decal set is a CSX Licensed Product.