Proto 2000 Mather single and double deck

These are accurate for all kits produced. They were built beginning in 1920s and ran into the 60s. In 1949 there were 2085 of these cars in service. These cars were Mather built and owned and leased to railroads, so the reporting marks varied from time to time. Most cars need minor work to open up the slats near the reporting marks to match the specific prototype. To cover all roadnames, that area is tooled for the longest roadname. These cars come in double and single deck, kit and RTR.

All of the roadnames and numbers on these models are correct for their era, however one must remember that they were lease cars, so one needs to check the Original Equipment Register to see which ones were prototypical for the era being modeled.

See article in Nov. 1987 Model Railroading and the Feb. and May 1997 Railroad Model Journal by Richard Hendrickson. Robert Hundman's Stock Car Cyclopedia is also valuable. These cars are also useful for kitbashes of Armour and M&StL cars. See Railroad Model Journal May 2001 and the M&StL yahoo group website.