Jim Sutter Chessie System (C&O) Steel-sheathed, Single-door Box Cars

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Jim Sutter

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sheathed, single-door

Length:

40'

Road Name:

Chessie System (C&O)

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. Blue body color, yellow doors.