A roster of the B-50-24 class box cars is provided as follows:

	SP 97620-98069   					(to SP 163049-163348; SP 121834-122311)
	SP 5700-5749	passenger train service	

These 40'-6" box cars were built by Mount Vernon in 1946 and featured 3715 ft3 capacity, 6'-0" Youngstown doors, 3/4 early improved Dreadnought ends, Hutchins panel roof, Barber S-2 trucks, alternate-center-rivet pattern sides, Morton running boards and 10'-0" inside height.

SP 5700-5749 were delivered in dark olive for head end box express service.

For more information on these cars, see the February and March 1993 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine for an in depth article by Tony Thompson.

Photo by: Brian Ehni

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