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(Speedwitch Media, 2004) by Ted Culotta. On the Missouri
Pacific, by 1953 almost 3100 of the original 3250 cars remained
in service (11).
For the gondola model, I used Sunshine kit 1.1 (their very first
kit), which I reviewed back in January of 1990 for Railroad
Model Craftsman (Vol. 58, No. 8, pages 104–109), and in that
review I described the construction process. I used Athearn
AAR trucks and Kadee couplers and wheelsets.
The 1932 ARA boxcar design with Dreadnaught ends is well-
represented by the Atlas styrene model. The one I acquired
was lettered for International-Great Northern, from the first
group purchased by Mopac. The I-GN cars were numbered
17001–17300, and were built by American Car & Foundry in
1936. I added weathering, chalk marks, and route cards to this
ready-to-run model (11).
12: The Great Northern chose to build its 1937 AAR
standard boxcars with tongue-and-groove wood
side sheathing. This Sunshine resin model captures
all the details of that distinctive car, along with the
“front-facing goat” emblem in use when the car was
built in 1937.
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