7500 XL CAMP CARS MOW, PRR 7501 PRR MOW/CAMP CAR, CABLE CAR Price: $33.00 Shipping: $0.00 Part Number: 7501 Qty: ERAS: 30s 40s 50s 60s MOW DS_BOX MODELS: XL box car converted to MOW service as cable car - 2 sides different. ROADS: PRR Pennsy took all of their fishbelly underframe DS cars out of revenue service beginning in 1936 (Long Island cars lasted into 1942). Many XL box cars were converted to MOW, or as Pennsy called them, camp cars, replacing earlier wood underframe cars. If the cars had sound roofs they were not replaced. However, most were, using a plain mullion style typical of USRA box cars. Crew cars all carried water tanks in the roofs, Original roofs merely had them added as a cutout. New roofs had the side sheathing extended up to meet the tank. Therefore, there were two basic styles of crew cars. Equipment cars had no tanks but had either original or new roofs. Cars with sound, original plug doors retained them. Bad doors were replaced by sliding doors. All cars, crew or equipment, had end doors and a folding platform to allow walking between cars. A plate was placed between the two platforms for greater safety. Premade steps could be placed between cars or at the ends of cars by resting them on the platforms. The cars were originally painted gray body with black roof, underframe and metal details. The body color was changed to yellow in 1953. Lettering supplied in the kits covers 1937-1960's as most cars were never lettered in the 1954 and later styles. The cablel car features diagonally opposed side doors. The left side has four windows, the right three. Equipment cars were stenciled for capacity as shown while crew cars were not. DECAL 7501 - PRICE A WESTERFIELD 53 RIVER LANE CROSSVILLE, TN 38555 Telephone: 931-484-7233 E-Mail: westerfield@charter.net