A.C. Gilbert Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) Steel-sheathed, Single-door Box Cars

A.C. Gilbert

937

steel-sheathed, single-door

40'

Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT)

AF

1953

937

plastic

painted and lettered

hi-rail

AF

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Archer Transfer 3D resin rivets (the company recommends O-scale rivets for A.C.G. products)

The #937 was produced from 1953 through 1958 in four variations. The first variation, shown in the photo, was produced in 1953 and 1954. It is painted yellow over a clear shell and has either a one-piece or two-piece brake wheel. Variations two and three were produced in 1955 and 1956, and both have painted yellow sides, tuscan painted ends, and roof with Type I sheet metal frames. Type I sheet metal frames have a hole in each corner used by rivets to secure the frame to the body. One of these two variations has a Type 8 truck on one end and a Type 8A truck on the other end. The other yellow and tuscan variation has type 9 trucks. The fourth variation produced in 1957 and 1958 has painted yellow sides and tuscan painted ends and roof. These models have a Type II sheet metal frame. The Type II sheet metal frame uses a screw in one end lower part of the body to secure the body to the frame at one end. On the other end of the car, the tab on the frame fits into a slot.