With the advent of the new K-LINE box-type tooling in 1995, a new numbering scheme was developed for these items. This item was decorated for Chesapeake and Ohio (part of the Chessie System) and produced in 1993. K-6408, one of the first “O” Gauge boxcars, was decorated for the Chessie system and produced in 1987. Therefore, when reviewing an item list in number order, the chronology sometimes, falls apart. Chronology was the key to this system, however, number conservation, as mentioned before, was practiced with vengeance. Or, in some cases, never produced at all and the number was not re-assigned to another item. In general, numbers were assigned chronologically, however, some numbers were assigned and the items were not produced in that order. The K-5000 series cars are O-27 and the K-6000 series cars are “O” Gauge. In the original K-LINE freight car numbering system, each stock number indicated the body style of an item. L = Car Length (1=15”, 2=16”, 3=18”, 4=21”)Ġ2 Alaska Railroad 39 Long Island Rail Roadġ3 California Zephyr 55 Norfolk & Westernġ8 Canadian Pacific 83 Ringling Bros Circusġ9 Central of New Jersey 84 Roack IsalandĢ0 Chicago & North Western 85 TCA/Toy Train Musuemģ7 Kennecott Copper (KCC) 98 Licensed Engines All passenger car listings in this guide include the complete number (type, railroad, car number), regardless of how the car was originally cataloged. I hope you find this useful!Īs new passenger cars were announced, the Streamliners in 1995 and the Extruded Aluminum cars in 1998, it became imperative to identify the type of car with a series number (44, 45 and 46 respectively). Here is the K-Line numbering scheme as originally published in the one-time K-Line pocket price guide for passenger cars, freight cars and Intermodal cars.
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