The Pleasant Valley Process Company

Seymour N. Knight, proprietor of the Pleasant Valley Process (PVP) Company, decorated these boxcars. The business address was in Cogan Station, Pennsylvania. PVP specialized in screen printing and product finishing.

PVP New York, Ontario and Western 5003 boxcar with half ladders

New York, Ontario and Western 5003 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and logo; "RETURN WHEN EMPTY TO NYO&W UNION DALE, PA;" sliding boxcar red panel doors; half ladders. This was a special run in 1999 for Karl and Barbara Burkhardt, who designed the car graphics. Karl's birth month and year matches the 8-36 built date on the car. Photo courtesy of the M. Spanier collection.

PVP New York, Ontario and Western 5003 boxcar with full ladders

New York, Ontario and Western 5003 boxcar; glossy boxcar red; white lettering and logo; "RETURN WHEN EMPTY TO NYO&W UNION DALE, PA;" sliding glossy boxcar red panel doors; full ladders. This was a special run in 1999 for Karl and Barbara Burkhardt, who designed the car graphics. Karl's birth month and year matches the 8-36 built date on the car. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

PVP New York City Transit System 902 boxcar with half ladders

New York City Transit System 902 BMT Lines boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; "RETURN TO CONEY ISLAND NEW YORK;" sliding boxcar red panel doors; half ladders. There is a printing blotch over the "D" in "ISLAND." Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

PVP New York City Transit System 902 boxcar with full ladders

New York City Transit System 902 BMT Lines boxcar; glossy boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; "RETURN TO CONEY ISLAND NEW YORK;" sliding glossy boxcar red panel doors; full ladders. There is a printing blotch over the "D" in "ISLAND."

Atlantic and Danville hopper

A&D Toy-Train Village Railway Museum, Inc. 2005 Atlantic and Danville covered quad hopper; tuscan; white and blue lettering and graphics. Located in Middleborough, Massachusetts, the museum was named A&D for the owner, Adolf Arnold, and his son Douglas. It's suspected, but not confirmed, that PVP redecorated this former Lionel 9371 Atlantic Sugar Refineries Limited hopper. Confirmation requested. NBT/PVP produced an A&D boxcar, caboose and stock car. Photo courtesy of the J. Baker collection.

PVP 1996 Thank You Museum Volunteers refrigerator car

National Toy Train Museum 1996 Thank You Museum Volunteers ..... and to all a good night refrigerator car; blue body color; black, white and yellow lettering and graphics; stamped blue plug doors outlined in black; full ladders. A similar car was decorated for the Choo-Choo Barn and Strasburg Train Shop in 1992. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

PVP National Toy Train Museum 20 years boxcar - side 1

PVP National Toy Train Museum 20 years boxcar - side 2

Two sides of The National Toy Train Museum 1977 - 1997 boxcar; white body color; multicolor lettering and graphics; sliding red doors; full ladders. This car commemorated 20 years of the Train Collectors Association, National Toy Train Museum, and graphically illustrates milestones achieved over the years. In the top photo, Angela Trotta Thomas signed the car as number 11. Photo courtesy of eBay seller hirailfarms.

PVP National Toy Train Museum 2000 boxcar

National Toy Train Museum 2000 boxcar; white body color; multicolor lettering and graphics; sliding blue doors; full ladders. This car commemorated the next century of the Train Collectors Association, National Toy Train Museum. Angela Trotta Thomas autographed the car in the upper left corner. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

PVP Northern Alberta Railways boxcar

Northern Alberta Railways 050108 double-door boxcar; goldenrod body color; medium sky blue lettering and graphics; black and white stencils; sliding goldenrod double-doors; half ladders. Came in a two-pack with road number 050015. This was made as a 1999 Commemorative Car for the Lionel Collectors Association of Canada. Lionel product number 6-52245. Graphic design by Buffalo Creek Graphics. Catalog number NAR-9923S. There were reportedly 100 sets of two produced. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

PVP Northern Pacific boxcar

Northern Pacific 58-179 Scenic Route of the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited boxcar; green; gold stripe; white lettering; black, white, red yin and yang logo; "When empty return to Seattle, Washington;" sliding green and gold panel doors; full ladders. The car ends are printed with "50th Anniversary PNWD TCA." This car was decorated for the Train Collectors Association Pacific Northwest Division in commemoration of their 50th anniversary in 2008. The road number denotes that the division began in 1958 and this is car number 179. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.