ready-to-run car, which I weathered appropriately for the age
of the paint scheme, can be seen in (26).
Class R-30/40-16.
This was one of the larger classes of
rebuilt PFE cars, about 3400 cars, and is distinctive in that
the cars were given solid steel roofs of straight-panel de-
sign when rebuilt, but retained their original wood-sheathed
ends. There has not been a commercial kit for this class, but
at one time noted die maker Terry Wegmann made roofs and
other parts for this car that could be added to a Red Caboose
car body. Terry never sold many of these kits, and they are
27: Seen here at the Nipomo Street crossing in Ballard
on my layout is a car of Class R-30-16, with its distinctive
wood-sheathed ends and steel roof. This was built with
Terry Wegmann parts on a Red Caboose body. The paint
scheme represents a postwar repaint of a car originally
rebuilt about 1940.
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