I have read through the old posts about "Buy War Bonds" and I gathered
that Santa Fe had boxcars, C&EI had boxcars and PRR had hoppers and
boxcars lettered for this service. Did any other railroads have such
cars? Thank you for any help.

Michael

--- In STMFC@..., "Michael Bishop" <goldrod_1@...> wrote:

I have read through the old posts about "Buy War Bonds" and I

gathered

that Santa Fe had boxcars, C&EI had boxcars and PRR had hoppers and
boxcars lettered for this service. Did any other railroads have such
cars? Thank you for any help.

While not a freight cars, I have seen a picture of a KCS locomotive
with a buy war bonds painted on the tender.

George Simmons
Dry Prong, LA

I haven't found any photos of CB&Q freight cars decorated for War Bonds promotions, but there was a loco and an inspection engine decorated in the First World War to encourage the purchase of War Bonds, and at least two chair cars in WW2.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

While not a War Bonds car, Accurail offers (or offered) their two-bay
hopper lettered for the Interstate RR with a "Coal goes to War" slogan.
The box label says "1945 WW II COMERATIVE [sic] CAR".

Tom Madden

In case no one listed them. Pacific Electric had cars painted for buying
war bonds.

eric


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--- In STMFC@..., "Michael Bishop" <goldrod_1@...> asked:
Did any other railroads have cars with "Buy War Bonds" slogans?

I have photos of a red, white & blue Swifts reefer which I think has
that slogan, A URTX R,W,& B URTX tank car possibly with that slogan and
a R,W & B Erie 4900 series caboose which may have had the slogan.

Ed

The Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide details the Buy War Bonds on ATSF cars. There is a 1945 photo of BX-36 #149149. Another photo in the Santa Fe Modeler shows 148447, also a BX-36, with the slogan. The painting began in September of 1942. 368 cars, all BX-36, received the treatment. An order issued March 11, 1947 was to remove the slogan when the cars came through for painting. "It is safe to assume that some BX-36s survived at least into the early 50s with their.... slogans intact." Athearn produced two numbers of their ATSF box cars with Buy War Bonds on them.


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Several Railroads had "Buy War bonds" on their cars, although not preelant as the Santa Fe, C&EI and PRR. In addition PRR and Interstate had Coal goes to War on their hopper. Swift had three Buy War Bond cars and the Virginian, while had the Minuteman with buy war bonds steciled on the doors of their BX-10 boxcars.

Larry Smith

Also a PRR X-29 was produced by Middle Division/Atlas O with Buy War Bonds lettering above the reporting marks.

Merlyn Lauber

George W Simmons wrote:

While not a freight cars, I have seen a picture of a KCS locomotive
with a buy war bonds painted on the tender.

Likewise, the tender of GB&W #401 (2-8-0) had "BUY WAR BONDS" on its
sides during the war.
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Mark Mathu
Whitefish Bay, Wis.

The XM32 painted up for the Lincoln Freedom Train is the closest one I can think of.....it might have been postwar, however, I don't remember the dates involved.
Charlie Vlk