III - Traction Specialty Decal Sets
 

Belt Rail Striping and Special Effects [Black-Silver] - $9.95 [CT-993A]

This HO scale detailing set contains black, black/silver and silver belt rail striping that can be used for PCC cars in Kansas City, Los Angeles, Toronto; Certain conventional cars; Philadelphia Suburban Transit (PST) 1924 Center Door Cars, 1949 PST St. Louis Car Co, 1932 Brill Lightweights and the ex-PRT "Hog Island" cars. Special Striping for Kansas City PCC cars and the PST 1941 "Brilliners" is included.
Note: This set currently out of stock!

Belt Rail Striping and Special Effects [Maroon-Cream-Black] - $9.95 [CT-993B]

This HO scale detailing set contains maroon and maroon/cream belt rail striping that can be used for PCC cars in Boston & Philadelphia along with some conventional Boston cars. It has cream (post 1953) headlight wings for Philadelphia PCC cars along with headlight wings for Philadelphia Peter Witt Cars modernized in 1940-1941; and side wings for San Francisco 1950s era single end PCC cars.

Chicago Transit Authority Red/White/Blue Heralds - $6.95 [CH-6602]

This HO scale detailing set consists of the red/white/blue CTA heralds "I will...the Spirit of Chicago" and "cta Skokie Swift" used on the CTA starting in the mid 1970s. This set is designed as a complement to the CN-025 Bicentennial CTA 1-50/6000 series Elevated Car set.
Note: Only a few sets in stock.

Cincinnati & Lake Erie Box Motor Dress Up Kit - $.75 [CH-635]
This decal set was intended to supplement a decal set of these cars formerly produced by Shoreline Models. The set contains the four rectangles that enclosed the car numbers when originally delivered along with two sets of the dimensional data found on the sides of the box motors themselves. All items are produced in the same colors as the Shoreline Set. Note: Only a few sets in stock.
Dash Signs - Los Angeles Railway - $8.95 [CT-999L]

This HO scale decal set contains dash signs (approximately 15" by 24") used by Los Angeles Railway (LARy) and Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL) conventional streetcars.
This set will be discontinued when current stocks are exhausted! (Just a few sets left in stock!)

Dash Signs - San Francisco Municipal Railway - $1.50 [CH-999M]

This HO scale detailing set contains printed copies of 25 dash signs (approximately 20" by 24") used by the conventional streetcars and complements the San Francisco Municipal Railway Class K/Class L decal sets (CN-168, CN-171 & CN-178).

Dash Signs - Pacific Electric - $8.95 [CT-999P]

This HO scale decal set contains dash signs (approximately 15" by 24") used by the Pacific Electric Ry. A few Los Angeles Ry and two San Francisco Dash Signs are also included. In all, the set contains 42 authentic dash signs.

Early 20th Century Striping Decal Set [Silver-White]- $7.95 [CT-994]

This HO scale detailing set contains special single and dual striping, corner treatments and filigrees contained in our CN-257 set but provided in silver and white. This type of ornate striping was the vogue in electric railway and steam road passenger car finishing until the mid-1920’s when spray painting took over from more labor-intensive modes of car finishing. Over 290 different corner treatments are provided in both colors along with special letter board striping treatments used for the privately owned, party and business cars of the era.

General Traction Markings [Black, Silver, Dulux Gold] - $2.00 [CH-996B, CH-996S, CH-996D] !

This HO scale detailing set replaces discontinued set CT-996A. This set of general traction vehicle markings is currently available in black [CH-996B], silver [CH-996S] or dulux gold [CH-996D]. Markings in one inch Railroad Roman font lettering include ENTRANCE, EXIT, OUT, IN, PAY ENTER, PAY AS YOU LEAVE, FARE 5¢, PAY LEAVE, ENTER FRONT REAR EXIT, FUNERAL CAR, PAY AS YOU ENTER, STOP BACK 5 FEET, INSTRUCTION CAR, PLEASE HAVE FARE READY, CENTER ENTRANCE CAR, WATCH SWING OF CAR along with two-inch numbers.

Interurban Passenger Cars - Additional Striping Details [Bronze Gold] - $9.95 [CT-990]

This HO scale detailing set contains bronze gold striping and effects not contained in the CN-257 decal set. The set is primarily intended for wood interurbans with single and paired sets of arched side and end windows such as Illinois Traction System. This set is currently out of stock!

Pacific Electric Ry. "Butterfly" Striping / Lettering [Orange-Silver] - $12.95 [CT-992]

This HO scale detailing set contains the post-WWII "Butterfly" Striping used on the 300-400 series "Blimps", the 600-759 (later 5050) series "Hollywood" cars, the 1100 and 1200 series interurbans and the 5000 series PCC cars. These striping treatments were used through the Metropolitan Coach Lines and Metropolitan Transportation Authority areas until the end of rail service 1961. These striping treatments contain the correct 1/2" and 3/4" silver stripes and require a two step application process. Also included are Pacific Electric and MCL letterboard lettering for the "Blimps", along with silver lettering and numbers.

PCC "Dress Up" Finishing Decal Set - $9.95 [CT-995] - [Sorry! Currently out of ctock and out of print!)

A must for any serious PCC car modeler!! This HO scale detailing set contains nine decal overlays for the Resilient Wheels (R) with their distinctive large hexagonal bolt in the center; nine decal overlays for the Super Resilient Wheels (SR) distinguished by their six smaller bolts around the circumference of the wheel. Also included are six yellow/orange lenses for the rear stoplights as originally delivered, six red lens as modified by some properties over the years, and two PCC type silver headlight wings. Additionally, a set of destination signs containing at least two each from 20 different PCC car operators are provided. This set contains at least two each destination signs for twenty different operators of PCC streetcars. Included are Baltimore, MD; Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Johnstown, PA; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; San Diego, CA; Shaker Heights, OH; St. Louis, MO; Toronto, Ontario plus Illinois Terminal and Pacific Electric. All destination signs are printed on clear backgrounds. Accordingly, black backgrounds sized to fit the Bowser PCC destination sign opening are included. Although this set is intended for use on Bowser PCC mechanisms and wheel sets, it can be used by other PCC models with some modifications.

Roof and Dash Route Indicators for Elecric Railway Vehicles - $9.95 [CT-998A]

This HO scale detailing set contains numbers and letters for rooftop destination signs such as those on San Francisco Municipal Railway Class A cars and dash route indicators similar to those used on Philadelphia Rapid Transit/ Philadelphia Transportation Company Birney cars. These are white letters on black square backgrounds.
This set will be discontinued when current stocks are exhausted! (Just a few sets left in stock!)

San Francisco "MUNI" red logos - $.99 [CH-1400]

This HO scale detailing set HO contains the red logos originally on the Breda Light Rail Vehicles in San Francisco and gradually being applied to all surface vehicles as they are shopped. Three different sizes are offered for the front and sides of the vehicles.

Single Truck Open Cars [Black, Green, Bronze Gold, Red or Silver] - $6.95 [CT-991]

This HO scale detailing set was intended for the MTS Imports, Inc and KMT single truck open cars and contains selected letterboard lettering (27 road names), lower sill and dash striping, numbers in black, dark green, bronze gold, red or silver. Both destination and dash signs are also included in white lettering on a black background. Order CT-991GR for dark green lettering and numbers, CT-991G for bronze gold, CT -991R for red and CT-991S for silver. The car shown below was lettered with the striping from the CT-991G set and the numbers from the CN-257 set.
*CT-991B (Black lettering) is currently out of stock, no plans to re-run at this time.

Streetcar & Interurban Banners - $4.00 [CT-997]

This HO scale detailing set replicates the banners hung on the sides of Pacific Electric Railway and Los Angeles Railway streetcars during the first half of the 20th century. Initially painted on canvas, the signs were later painted on cardboard. Each banner is six feet long. Each set consists of 26 banners in four different colors:
CT-997A - 26 Banners each in two different colors: black with canvas color background, and red with cream background.
CT-997B - 26 Banners each in two different colors: blue with cream background and gold with white background.

This set will be discontinued when current stocks are
exhausted!

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