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Latest news on Green Bay Route model kits, decals, and more.
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MDC Roundhouse is
producing a ready-to-run 40' pickle car decorated for Budlong Pickle
Company, a division of Green Bay Food Co., reporting marks GBFX. The cars
are available in two road numbers. Expected:
September, 2008
Product info:
MDC Roundhouse, 5070 Sigstrom Drive, Carson City, NV 1993
Web: http://www.roundhousetrains.com/
E-mail: customer-service@mdcroundhouse.com
Phone: (775) 884-4388
Catalog: 85253 (Budlong Pickle #1); 85254 (Budlong Pickle #2)
Retail: $18.98
Prototype info:
Green Bay Food Co. was headquarted adjacent to the GB&W's yard in
Green Bay. Budlong Pickle Co. operated out of Chicago, Ill. These pickle
cars were former Budlong Pickle cars which were remarked for GBFX in 1960
and retired in 1965.
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Accurail is producing a new
boxcar with GBW lettering, The boxcar model is the existing Accurail #5300
combination door boxcar (former Front Range model) with a second 8' plug
door substituted for the 8' sliding door in the original model. Expected:
Soon
Product info:
Accurail, Inc., PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog: 5412 (Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $12.98
Prototype info:
The specific GBW car to be modeled is not available, but the model would
be considered a stand-in for GBW 2400- boxcars and GBW 22040- insulated
boxcars.
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Full Throttle is selling
33' open offset-side two-bay hoppers in red and yellow. The models are
Bowser cars and come with Hay Brothers Garage coal loads. They are
available in two-packs consisting of 1-red and 1-yellow hopper each.
Product info:
Full Throttle, 128 Burma Island Road, Leesburg, Florida 34788-2914
Web: http://sbiii.com/fulthrtl/
E-mail: dewaa128@aol.com
Phone: (352) 589-0303
Catalog: #3001Y / #3001R (GB&W 33' Two-Bay Offest-Side Hopper 2-Pack)
Retail: $40.00
Prototype info:
401-420 were delivered in April 1950. They were originally painted freight
car red with white lettering; a few cars were painted bright red with
white lettering by the early 1960s. All cars were yellow with black
lettering by the early 1970s. The red hoppers should have Kewaunee, Green
Bay and Western reporting marks, not GBW as shown on these models.
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Accurail announced new
roadnames on their line of HO models, including a 40' PS-1 boxcar and a
40' plug door boxcar.
Product info:
Accurail, Inc., PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog: 3443 (Green Bay & Western 40' PS-1 Boxcar); 3118 (Green Bay
& Western 40' Plug Door Boxcar)
Retail: $12.98
Prototype info:
Accurail has not posted images of these new models, but it is likely that
the cars represent GBW 600- series cars (1970s-1980s) and the GBW
19000-series cars (1960s), yellow with black lettering.
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Division Point will
import a brass Alco FA-1 model in a GB&W paint scheme. The model will
be made by Ajin Precision of Korea. Expected:
Late 2008
Product info:
Division Point, 3435 Heidelberg Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
Web: http://www.divisionpoint.com/
E-mail: info@divisionpoint.com
Phone: 303-756-7078
Catalog: TBA (ALCO-GE Freight Diesel Locomotive FA-1)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
FA-1's #501-507 operated on the GB&W from 1947 until the early 1960s.
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Branchline Trains
will be producing their WRX 40' wood reefer as a ready-to-run model with
four different car numbers.
Product info:
Branchline Trains, 333 Park Avenue, East Hartford, CT 06108
Web: http://www.branchline-trains.com/
E-mail: branchline_trains@hotmail.com
Catalog: 112111, 112112, 112113, 112114 (HO 40'Wood Reefer)
Retail: $26.98
Prototype info:
Five hundred of these cars were built by ACF in 1929. Many kept this paint
scheme into the mid-1940s.
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GB TV Service & Trains
offers a special run of Western Refrigerator Lines 40' wood reefer
lettered for Marty Cheese. The model is a custom-lettered Atlas-O reefer.
Product info:
GB TV Service & Trains, 1353 Velp Ave., Green Bay, WI 54303
Web: http://www.railtycoon.com/
E-mail: railtycoon@earthlink.net
Phone: (920) 496-9697
Catalog: 8181 (Marty Cheese Reefer - 3-rail); 9181 (Marty Cheese Reefer -
2-rail)
Retail: $62.95 (3-rail); $67.95 (2-rail) plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
Western refrigerator Lines had billboard reefers lettered for Carl Marty
Cheese Company.
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GB TV Service & Trains
offers a special run of Western Refrigerator Lines 40' wood reefer
lettered for Hamilton Canning. The model is a custom-lettered Atlas-O
reefer.
Product info:
GB TV Service & Trains, 1353 Velp Ave., Green Bay, WI 54303
Web: http://www.railtycoon.com/
E-mail: railtycoon@earthlink.net
Phone: (920) 496-9697
Catalog: 8192 (Hamilton Canning reefer - 3-rail); 9192 (Hamilton Canning
reefer -2-rail)
Retail: $65.95 (3-rail); $70.95 (2-rail) plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
Western refrigerator Lines had billboard reefers lettered for Hamilton
Canning Company, New London, Wisconsin. Hamilton Canning was known for
sauer kraut and pickles marketed under the 'London Lodge' brand.
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Atlas will be offering their
N-scale RS-3 locomotive in GB&W paint. The loco will have the paint
scheme of the late 1950s through 1969, in two road numbers. Expected:
April, 2008
Product info:
Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog: 42064 (ALCO RS-3 - Powered -- Green Bay & Western #305);
42065 (ALCO RS-3 - Powered -- Green Bay & Western #307)
Retail: $104.95
Prototype info:
GBW had four RS-3s on the roster during the 1950s-1970s: #305-308.
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Accurail will be selling a
limited run 40' red boxcar at Trainfest in Milwaukee, November 10-11,
2007. The model is based on their 6-panel 40' wood boxcar, 144 cars were
produced in 2002 and this new run has three new numbers. Expected:
November 10, 2007
Product info:
Accurail, Inc., PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog: Unnown (Unnown)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
These wood boxcars were on the railroad from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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Atlas O is producing their
Alco C-424 locomotive model in powered, and unpowered versions, available
with or without sound. Expected:
January 2008
Product info:
Atlas O, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlaso.com/
E-mail: jweaver@atlaso.com
Phone: (908) 687-9590
Catalog: 1315-1 ( Powered w/TMCC 3-Rail -- GB&W #312); 1315-2 (Powered
w/TMCC 3-Rail -- GB&W #313); 3315-1 (Powered w/Sound 2-Rail --
GB&W #312); 3315-2 (Powered w/Sound 2-Rail -- GB&W #313)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
The GBW had eight C-424 locomotives on their roster. The Atlas model is
based on Alco's 'phase 2' production, which matches GBW #312 &
313.
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Kalmbach has a limited-run
(1500 models) Western Refrigerator Lines wood-side refrigerator car to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of Classic Toy Trains magazine. The three
rail 'O' car has tan sides and boxcar red roof and ends and has operating
ice hatches and side doors.
Product info:
Kalmbach Publishing Co., 21027 Crossroads Cir., Box 1612, Waukesha, WI
53187-1612
Web: http://www.kalmbach.com/
Phone: 800-533-6644
Catalog: #8184 (Classic Toy Trains 20th Anniversary Atlas O boxcar)
Retail: $59.95 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
This car is a commemorate scheme and does not match a specific Western
Refrigerator Lines prototype, although the lettering on the left side of
the car is very close to many billboard WRX reefers from the 1930s.
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Walthers is producing their
PROTO 1000 Alco RS-2 diesel in GBW red-and-gray paint. The model is
powered with a newly-designed power train using helical gears and a 14:1
gear ratio, and an NMRA 9 pin JST socket. Expected:
October 31, 2007
Product info:
William K. Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218-1622
Web: http://www.walthers.com/
E-mail: custserv@walthers.com
Phone: (800) 4TRAINS
Catalog: 920-35100 (PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered Green Bay &
Western #1); 920-35101 (PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered - Green Bay
& Western #2)
Retail: $99.98
Prototype info:
Four of the 1500 horsepower Alco RS-2s were added to the GBW roster in
1950. In the early 1960s the fuel tank, air reservoirs and batteries of
retired FA-1s were added to the locomotives, but all four kept their
general shape (including the short high hood) until they were retired in
the late 1970s.
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