HO Chesapeake & Ohio Greenville Well Hole Flatcar Decals Futura Scheme

In 1941 the Chesapeake & Ohio placed an order with Greenville for well-hole flatcars. As-built the cars were delivered in railroad roman type lettering, but as the C&O developed new scheme promoting its “for Progress” logo look, the freight car fleet was getting repainted into this gothic-style look which included a 3” stripe, though the stripe was removed as a standard application in 1969, cars which already received it wore it until being repainted into a Chessie System merger scheme. The fleet consisted of four 125 Ton capacity 52-foot flatcars and three 130 Ton capacity 62-foot cars. These cars were painted all black.

This set has enough data to do 1 car.

 The 55-foot and 62-foot Greenville well hole flatcars have been produced by Funaro & Camerlengo as resin kits. Both length versions were imported in brass by Overland Models. Also, Quality Craft made craftsman kits for both cars too.

For references in regard to the C&O Greenville Well Hole Flatcar fleet please consult the February 1989 Mainline Modeler, and October 2008 Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society Magazine.

Online resources include Fallen Flags: rr-fallenflags.org RRPicture Archives: rrpicturearchives.net / RailcarPhotos.com

This decal set is a CSX Licensed Product.