Behind The Scenes Ask Trains How do you change the different colored numbers on a freight car without damaging the paint?

How do you change the different colored numbers on a freight car without damaging the paint?

By Cody Grivno | October 13, 2022

| Last updated on March 20, 2024


Renumbering freight cars and locomotives is a popular topic right now

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What do you do if you have a car that has different colored numbers on each side and you want to change them?  Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains.

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