Coal Cars column - 1
F
or those of us modeling the Turn of the Century/early
1900s, rolling stock selection is slowly growing: in addi-
tion to Roundhouse’s “Old Timer” series and MTL’s 36’
reefers and boxcars, Republic Locomotive Works (RLW) of
Cathlamet, Washington has recently developed a line of pre-
1900s cars. The RLW line includes ventilated boxcars, house
cars, cabin cars, stock cars, flatcars, and, filling a void that had
long remained empty, wooden 20-ton coal/ore hopper cars.
While all these kits are produced with Nn3 running in mind,
their non-standard middling size make them easily adapted
to standard gauge N scale, which is what I did.
Detailing tips and
tricks for early
1900s-era rolling
stock ...
– M.C. Fujiwara
Photos by the author
RLW’s Nn3 20-ton
Coal Cars:
Super-detailing & modifying for standard gauge
MRH-Mar 2013
