be converted from Red Caboose kits, and InterMountain has
offered them in limited runs as ready-to-run cars. The model I
show (23) is one of those.
The Class R-40-19 cars were among the last to receive the 1942-
1946 single-emblem paint scheme, and in my modeling year of
1953, some probably still retained it. Mine is modeled that way.
Classes R-40-14 and R-40-20.
These classes of steel
cars followed the R-40-10 in 1941 and 1945, respectively, and
differed substantially only in having Dreadnaught ends with
rounded or W-corner-post ends rather than sharp-cornered
ends. At 1000 cars each, I wanted to model a car of each class.
23: This car of Class R-40-19 is shown in a mainline
train on my layout, near the junction of Shumala.
It is a lightly modified ready-to-run car from
InterMountain, which was manufactured with Red
Caboose and Terry Wegmann parts. After weath-
ering, a reweigh date stencil and route card were
added. It still has its wartime single-emblem paint
scheme, but is not too dirty, probably reflecting
washing frequency.
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