Hoboes, car inspectors, switchmen, yardmasters, brakemen, and mischievous children left messages on the sides of freight cars in chalk. Sometimes they were messages about damage or defect, sometimes they were routing instructions, sometimes notes to help in the assembly of a train, and sometimes just names and silly drawings. This decal set was hand-traced from historic photographs taken across the United States between 1885 and 1905.

Includes over fifty unique chalk marks all meticulously matched to photographs of real cars. Note this product is for the chalk mark decal set only, model and other lettering not included.