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built by Western Steel Car & Foundry in 1922, numbered
70000–70699. Fully 675 of them were still in service in 1953.
Published information about these cars is sparse, but one
source is Jim Eager’s book, Color Guide to D&RGW Freight
and Passenger Equipment (Morning Sun Books, 1996, page
76). Jim also wrote an article including these cars for the
Rio Grande Modeling and Historical Society magazine, The
Prospector (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2002) if you can find a copy (5).
My model is a brass car fromW&R Enterprises. I tend not to pur-
chase brass freight cars, but when a desirable prototype has only
been done in brass, as in this case, I make an exception. This car
is a good example of a prototype too rare to be likely in styrene,
and difficult to cast in resin, so brass is an excellent medium.
And this model illustrates W&R’s well-deserved reputation for
6: Northern Pacific’s massive fleet of double-sheathed
cars like this survived in considerable numbers after
World War II, and a representative of this car group
is essential as a signature car. This one is a Sunshine
resin kit.
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