Painting and Lettering Boxcars - 1939

One end of this car is almost finished.

Here is a neat group of photos that shows one how a boxcar was painted and lettered during 1939. Interesting to see they did it all outside...enjoy...George Dutka

Note the track next to the car being painted is left open to allow a cart loaded with compressor and paint tank to roll along the string of cars waiting painting.

Amazing this paint wand gives the painter the ability to reach to the top of the car. I wonder if they painted the roof.

Lettering being applied.

Looks like one car is completed along with the right side of this car. Modeling this view would make a really neat scene on a foreground track on ones layout.

All done.