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