I need some help in identifying some cars made by K-line.
They would be asigned the numbers K90013 & K90015.
I have all the other K900xx (1thru 17).
They are KCC member premiums, I just don’t know what cars they are.
If you have any info on these cars or know were I can purchase them please post here or email me. (ezak61@sbcglobal.net)
Thank You
Pat Zak
Pat,
Is it possible that they used the same number sequence for non-car premiums? In the 2004, 1st Edition catalogue the premiums are the billboard and the diner.
Are you looking for cars belonging to Kennecott Copper Corp?
Roger B.,
It maybe possible, I don’t know if they gave that number to an acc. or not.
Robert L.,
The KCC I’m refering to is K-line Collector Club.
I now have an update!
The number 90013 car is the State of Maine boxcar put out in 2000.
All these cars to my knowledge are uncataloged.
I will still need to know what #90015 is though.
It would probally be a premium for 2001 or '02.
#90014 (BN Tanker) was also a premium for '01.
#'s 90016 & 17 were for either '02 or '03.
Any more Help?
Pat Zak
I am not sure, but try searching your numbers here, I found this recently, and it is a great site:
Hope this helps…
Pat, the numbering for the KCC “incentives” and other special purchase items got pretty crazy after 1999 or 2000.
But you are right, the 90013 was the State of Maine box car. But the car was identical to the previously issued car that was part of the “Classic” line of cars, outside of having a different car number… well I assume it had a different number because all my catalogs and KCC literature show the previously released car as the illustration.
Same goes for the 90015, which was the B&O Time Saver LCL box car, which was the KCC membership car for 2001. This is the same car as the prior issued K6473, the blue bodied car with a silver roof and the orange “arrow” going down the side of the car.
Personally, I was always a little disappointed that K-Line issued cars under the KCC incentives that had been previously made and that I already owned. Made it a little less exciting to get the KCC ones. Yes, I’m sure it was a cost-cutting move as far as paint masks go. But how ironic that the Conrail Safety Premium cars were all new cars for K-Line that were not produced under any other circumstances, save for the CR employee only incentives. When I think of that, the word “cheap” comes to mind more than “cost cutting.”
And for those who don’t know, the Kennecott Copper Corp. MP-15 and cars happened to be a very clever little play on the letters “KCC.” Not only was it the K-Line Collectors Club, but Kennecott Copper Corp. also happened to be a real company with real trains, so there was some prototypical merit to the offerings. As to their popularity, I was told by folks in the know at K-Line that the $45.00 KCC MP-15 had sold over 10,000 units by late spring of that year, taking even K-Line by surprise. Reportedly, final sales more than doubled that.