Model Railroading > BKTY 150941 PS 5344 cu ft boxcar

If you have either Athearn's Pullman-Standard 5344 cu ft boxcar, or the HO scale PS 5344 kit from ExactRail, here is a potential project

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=84651

The car was recently repainted with BKTY reporting marks and features large GATX lettering on the right-hand side (the "GA" are obscured by the open door).  This photo shows a similar application of the new paint on an FMC built boxcar

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=84208

Thought it might be an easy and interesting project for you modern day modelers.  Enjoy!

Rob 

I think BKTY was a Katy reporting mark, no? Maybe for a group of leased cars? I think WRWK was the Warwick RR in Rhode Island.

Katy?  So BKTY has nothing to do with Burger King?

Larry

BKTY boxcar:
http://www.trainweb.org/arkansastrains/railroad/mkt/4647039.htm
http://freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=bkty20303&o=mkt
I would have thought this mark belongs to UP, but apparently not.

BKTY reporting marks were used to identify freight cars acquired by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad through the Bankers' Leasing Corp, a major financier of rail cars in the 1960's and
1970's. Bankers' Leasing was acquired by Southern Pacific and was operated as part of Espees' diversified business portfolio for many years.  Cheers, Fergie  

BMKT- some of the older fans, calledl this as the Barriiger's M-K-T. wag216

CPR_4000 wrote:

> I would have thought this mark belongs to UP, but apparently not.

BKTY is a current UP reporting mark - not unheard of for a lessor (in this case GATX) to put their name on a leased car.