DECALS - STOCK AND TANK CARS KFA/KFA AS BUILT 1906+ PRR & SUBSIDS. Price: $4.00 Shipping: $0.00 Part Number: DECAL 8702 Qty: ERAS: 00s 20s DECAL_PRR MODELS: as built and running into the late 'teens. ROADS: PRR PL CA&C GR&I VRR The KF stock car was built on the same underframe as the XL (1300 series), RF (2700 series) and XLC (5500 series) beginning in 1904. The earliest cars used the pre-1905 lettering and numbering standards but were converted by 1909. Deliveries of 1905 and later for Lines East and West met the new standards. However, controlled lines CA&C and GR&I used the old lettering standards up to at least 1910. Car built in 1909 had improved doors. 1909 also saw the first double deck cars, class KFA, for Vandalia Line. The last KFs were built in 1912 with safety appliances as were some KFAs, both for Cumberland Valley. Cars were upgraded with safety appliances when shopped. Beginning about 1915 KFs were converted to KFAs. This process took until 1930 when the entire fleet consisted of KFAs. The cars lasted until 1937 when all fishbelly sidsill house cars were scrapped. See series 8400 kits for more photos. WESTERFIELD 53 RIVER LANE CROSSVILLE, TN 38555 Telephone: 931-484-7233 Fax: 931-484-7233 E-Mail: westerfield@charter.net