MKT    8600-8799	60'-9"		6450 ft3		Evans			1967
	MKT  11400-11992	50'-6"		4980 ft3		Evans			1967
	MKT  11993-11999	50'-6"		4900 ft3		Evans			1967

	BKTY 18000-18499	50'-6"		4957 ft3		PS   (Lot 5440) 	1-2/1970
	BKTY 20200-20307	49'-1"		4650 ft3		ACFI (Lot 11-06205)	1966
	BKTY 20308-20311	49'-1"		4650 ft3		ACFI (Lot 11-06206)	1966
	BKTY 20656-20825	50'-2"		5040 ft3		ACFI 			1966

This is a mixed bag class of cars with both MKT and BKTY reporting marks, built by 3 different builders and of different length cars. This is a deviation from typical SP practice of assigning a new class to different design cars, even to the point of different orders of identical cars, but since they were operationally MKT cars, it is understandable.

They were financed by the SP-owned Banker's Leasing Corporation as part of the Commonwealth Plan. Thus they featured SP class designations.

At some point, at least some of these cars received a leading 1 before their original road number.

Photos of each of these groups of cars can be seen in the book Frisco/Katy Color Guide to Freight Equipment by Nicholas Molo.

Photo by: Garland McKee

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