Hi there!!
Has anyone seen or know where I can find a Krispy Kreme box car for my train set up??
Thanks!
Dan
Has anyone seen or know where I can find a Krispy Kreme box car for my train set up??
Thanks!
Dan
babydot, here's a quote from http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.tgloger/mrr38.htm:Originally posted by babydot94513
Andrew, you have raised an interesting question here. While I may occasionally eat a Krispy Kreme donut, whatever happened to billboard railcars? Why cannot Krispy Kreme, GM, Pepsi, Coke or whatever buy space on railroad rolling stock?
Masonjar, I know what a Krispy Kreme donut is, but what's a Krispy Kreme box car ?The colorful "billboard" refrigerator cars of the early to mid 1930s began to disappear in the late 30s. The U.S. Government, in response to an outcry for fairness, ruled that allowing the lessees of freight cars to advertise their products on the cars' sides amounted to an illegal advertizing rebate. After July 1, 1938, any car with the leasee's name in lettering over 12 inches high could be rejected by any railroad unwilling to take it in interchange. (Reference: Burlington Bulletin #28, several pages. Other sources say the deadline was July, 1937.)