7900 1916 DESIGN STEEL_AUTO/STEEL_ BOX CAR, NYC MC CASO 7901 NEW YORK CENTRAL, ORIGINAL Price: $30.00 Shipping: $0.00 Part Number: 7901 Qty: ERAS: 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s STEEL_AUTO MODELS: cars built in 1916 and run into the mid-1950's. ROADS: NYC Central designed its first installation of all steel house cars to compete with the Pennsy's X25. The NYC 1916 design comprised 6,500 cars from three car builders with three known physical variations, installed on both NYC and Michigan Central. The first delivery, 500 cars in the MC 99500-99999 series had a full end door and somewhat different door hardware from all other deliveries. The remaining 6,000 cars had a tight "A" end and differed from one another only in the style of trucks and the position and number of door stops. These are the subject of the 7901-02 kits. Series covered are: NYC lots 341B-343B 50000-51499 MC lots 330B, 337B-339B 90000-93999 During the late 1930's and early 1940's most of the cars were reroofed and most of these were rebuilt to single door box cars. Eventually, all of the MC cars were relettered for NYC. However, it appears that a substantial number received only minimal upgrades of AB brakes and extra grab irons, running essentially as built into the mid-to-late 1950's. Kit 7901 covers the NYC cars as built from delivery to scrapping. DECAL 7901 - PRICE C WESTERFIELD 53 RIVER LANE CROSSVILLE, TN 38555 Telephone: 931-484-7233 E-Mail: westerfield@charter.net