Can someone let me know what marking requirements were in place for auto trailers in the 1960's? I have some very poor photographs of auto trailers running on the Milwaukee Road in that time, but cannot read what markings there were. On one, I can read one reporting number 5244 [with no lettering], but no other information is legible. There appears to be additional information on the rear of the trailer, in a blacked area. On another I can read a manufacturer's label [Stuart Transport Engineering, Romulus Michigan] and a running number that seems to be PLWZ [which is General Electric Rail Services Corporation and that does not seem right] - so advice of what reporting numbers would be appropriate for the time period on Milw would be very useful. If anyone has access to Donald Wood's book 'New Car Carriers 1900-1998' I would like to know if there is more detail in there, too. Many thanks Peter Peter Harris N Scale Kits www.nscalekits.com
