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Walthers Mainline™ 40’ stock cars with steel Dreadnaught ends
are now available in six packs with different numbers. Road
names are CNW, CB&Q (green), Swift Livestock Express (Swift
red), and Canadian National. The six-pack has an MSRP of
$119.98. The HO scale ready-to-run models are also available
individually at an MSRP of $21.98.
Westerfield Models
has reissued
its 3400 series PSC ore car. The prototypes were introduced by
Pressed Steel Car Company in 1899. Both 40-ton and 50-ton
versions were produced with most of the all-steel cars going
to Lake Superior District roads. The “knock holes” in the sides
allowed access to loosen frozen ore. The sturdily- built cars
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lasted for decades. Some are reported to still be in service
more than a century after their introduction.
Westerfield is offering kits for the original version of the ore
car with decals for AC/Lake Champlain or with decals for Great
Northern/ Eastern Minnesota Railway. The GN car had a run-
ning board on the right side only.
Kits for modernized cars with ladders and additional grab
irons are available for Great Northern and Sierra/Yosemite
Valley. Westerfield kits are HO scale unpainted urethane cast-
ings. Assembly instructions and a brief history of the car are
included. Ore car kits with decals are $40.00 each. Undecorated
MRH-May 2013
