7: Linville River Number 4. The 36’ car was never let-
tered for Tweetsie and was off the roster by 1942. This
is the Hoffman kit with a brass door and fittings.
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Rio Grande layouts. HOn30 has a heavy Maine following and
most of the rolling stock that is offered reflects it. HOn30 seems
to be the most innovative with Clever having models available in
paper and Shapeways doing 3D printing.
3. The most modeled boxcar is the Rio Grande’s 3000 series box-
car, offered in all scales except HOn30. It is offered in ready-to-
run versions by P-B-L in Sn3 and Blackstone in HOn3, and in kits
by P-B-L in Sn3 and Trout Creek Engineering and LaBelle in HOn3.
It is also offered as a kit in On30 by AMS.
Building the roster
Although my Clinch River is a coal railroad, it still needs boxcars
to haul material to the company stores and tipples. Until three
years ago, my boxcar fleet consisted of a Gloor Craft EBT 170,
MRH-Feb 2013
