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