Can you identify this?

Chris - That logo in the middle is an MKT Rail Logo.  My guess is that it was added by an owner at some point...early on of course judging from the condition.

Looks like one of these:

Scalecraft Baggage car - 17/64 scale.  Lobaugh Pullman trucks.  Paint, decals, and shield added by a modeler.  The car itself has some value; the paint, decals, and shield do not.  The trucks are among the best, but a pair is on eBay right now for under ten bucks, and remains bidless.  New wheels alone cost double that.

I was going to guess Walthers and Walthers trucks, but it is just a guess.    It would have been a kit built by someone.   

I don't know what the roof is made of.    the Walthers car kits came with wood roofs that were cut square.    they used the same stock and just cut to length for a particular car.    The modeler had to file and shape the roof ends and add details.    The walthers kit instructions came with a template for the shape.     This one looks too sloped to my eye to be prototypical.    but maybe MKT had some like this.

The modeler tried to make it look like a particular MKT car, so if  you can find prototype photos of an MKT baggage car, probably a 70 foot long car, it would be a good guide as to how to restore it.

In my opinion it has little value as a collectible and probably more value as a finished model of a real car.

That's a lot of very helpful information-thanks guys! I'll keep an eye out for the Lobaugh Pullman trucks . . . couldn't find anything on eBay. Well, I should say I did find some, but they were all sold. I'll keep looking. It's easier now that I know what to look for.

Chris

You can tell Scalecraft.  Die cast one-piece bodies, wood roof.  Walthers have embossed tin plate sides on a wood frame.

There are others - Mini-Scale, Mi-Loco, and Alexander did cast passenger cars.

I am going to guess that a die cast Scalecraft without major damage is a hundred bucks.

Yes Scale Craft ....diecast roof 1937-41....(wood).montior roof offered as an option 1938-41.