Questions for SP modelers/fans:
Micro-Scales set #228 includes a large graffiti decal specifically for SP 171208, which the set claims is a 50 ft single door boxcar. The drawing (no photos) shows a single door, but also has door tracks for a second door opening to the left. There is no room for a second door unless the drawing is partially on the door, which I doubt, as this is a late 60s/early 70s artwork.
The only car close to this number I've been able to find online is SP 171242, a double door car, with plug and sliding doors. The art could have been drawn over a plug door with little difficulty, so that is possible.
Question 1: Do any of you have a photo of SP 171208, with or without graffiti, but preferable in the late 60s or early 70s?
Question 2: If not, was it in the same class as 171242? Most roads tried to group cars in 50s or 100s, but not all did that, and I'm not familiar with the SP.
Question 3: If it wasn't in the same class, and you don't have a picture, can you confirm the basic door arrangement and, hopefully, 1974 paint scheme?
I have a model made from a single door car, as the MSD instructions call for, but since the also don't say anything about the lettering on the car, I used the older round herald scheme. The photo online has the newer billboard "Southern Pacific", so if I do it over, it might as well be right.
Thank you.
