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Passenger Train Boxcars

1. Cars with steel exterior

A. Newer cars have roof and ends in green, underframe and trucks black, sides alternate stripes of orange, green and yellow, silver stripe near bottom of car sides. Lettering and numbers in yellow. No monogram.

B. Older cars have roof, ends, sides, underframe and trucks mineral red. Lettering and numbers yellow. Monogram 72-inch, outer circle and lettering yellow on background mineral red, goat and mountain white in field of caboose red.

2. Cars with plywood exterior. Sides, ends, roof, underframe and trucks green. Lettering and numbers yellow. Monogram 72-inch with outer circle yellow on car green, goat and mountain white in inner field of caboose red.

A few of these cars still are in the original color scheme, with roof, ends, underframe and trucks black, sides orange. All side lettering and numbers black, end stenciling white. Scotchlite on car sides "Great Northern," "G.N.," monogram and row of diamond-shaped targets across bottom. Monogram 72-inch of "See America First - Glacier National Park" wording; outer circle red Scotchlite, lettering black Scotchlite on background of car orange paint, goat and mountain white Scotchlite in field of red Scotchlite. Targets in silver Scotchlite.

3. One car with aluminum exterior - No. 2500. Sides, ends, roof aluminum, underframe and trucks black. All lettering and numbers black. Black Scotchlite used on sides for "Great Northern," "G.N." and car number. Monogram 72-inch, in Scotchlite with "See America First - Glacier National Park" wording; outer circle red Scotchlite, lettering black Scotchlite on car aluminum background, goat and mountain silver Scotchlite in field of red Scotchlite.

FREIGHT TRAIN CARS

Freight Train Boxcars

1. Cars with steel exterior. Sides and ends, roof, underframe and trucks mineral red. All lettering and numbers white. Monogram 72-inch, outer circle and lettering white on background of mineral red, goat and mountain white in inner circle of black. Some Scotchlite used for lettering, numbers and targets along bottom of car sides. Where monogram is Scotchlite outer circle is white, lettering white on background of mineral red paint, goat and mountain white in field of black paint.

2. Cars with beaded wood sides. Roof, ends, underframe and trucks black, sides mineral red. Lettering and numbers white. As repainted, roof, ends, sides, underframe and trucks are done in mineral read, lettering and numbers white. Monogram 72-inch, outer circle and lettering white on background of car red, goat and mountain white in field of black. On older cars monogram often is 54-inch or 34-inch, in same colors.