I don't know if the reefers are typical. See
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178419553/
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178419553/>
for the interior of a citrus load.
As I recall most cars I worked in had unpainted wood liners up to 5'
high like they are in this car.
Lindsay Smith

--- In STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "Andy Cich" <ajc5150@...> wrote:

I have a pair of Sunshine cars to build, one with 46'1" bulkheads,

and the

other with 48'6" bulkheads. I am trying to figure out how to

finish the

inside facing boards on the bulkheads. Are they painted freight

car color,

or should they be finished as one would finish a flat car deck? In

the

Sunshine prototype data sheet, car 92065 (w/48'6" bulkheads) is

shown and

the boards on the bulkheads seem to match the deck more than the

car body

color. Also, it doesn't appear to me to have any lettering on the

inside

boards. However, car 92069 (also with 48'6" bulkheads) is shown

with the

"Return to..." lettering on the bulkheads. I would expect

lettering on

painted boards, but not on unpainted treated lumber. Would white

stencils

be applied to an unpainted deck? Can anyone enlighten me as to how

these

bulkhead boards appeared?

I plan to finish my cars as they appeared in Sep/Oct 1953, if that

matters.

Thanks,

Andy Cich