provides both ready-to-run rolling stock and kits. Their boxcar
is the Rio Grande’s 3000 series car. The Rio Grande had 750 of
these cars in service, more than most narrow gauge railroads
had in their entire fleet. Other products come from Precision
Vintage Classic Models, former Berwyn kits, Overland brass, The
Cimarron Works, Design Tech, Miller Engineering & Design laser
wood, BTS laser wood, RailMaster, Wiseman Models, and MDC
and Athearn, kitbashes.
HOn3
You would think in HOn3 that there would be lots of boxcars
offered, but this is not the case. Blackstone offers two versions
of the 3000 series cars; however one of those is out of produc-
tion. Rail
Line also
has a kit
3000 series
car. Grandt
Line has
a limited
amount of
C&S boxcars
and Micro-
trains no
longer list
any freight
cars on its
web site.
LaBelle has
a very good
selection
of wood
3
3: East Broad Top single-sheathed steel
boxcar. Its number is unknown and there
is no identification visible. Photo courtesy
of BHI Publications, Tim Mulina collection.
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