Jim Sutter Southern Pacific (SP) Steel-sheathed, Single-door Box Cars

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Jim Sutter

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sheathed, single-door

Length:

40'

Road Name:

Southern Pacific (SP)

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1974

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted and lettered

Wheels:

hi-rail

Couplers:

Notes:

This was a Lionel-produced, unpainted car body, custom-painted and decorated. The way to tell a Sutter car from other custom painters of the era is that Sutter applied the reporting mark and road number to the car's ends, whereas the others did not. Box-car-red body color.