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Latest news on Green Bay Route model kits, decals, and more.
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Westerfield is producing
resin boxcar kits of A&W and KGB&W truss rod boxcars. The kits
have one-piece car bodies, decals and come without trucks and couplers.
Product info:
Westerfield, 53 River Lane
Web: http://www.westerfieldmodels.com/
E-mail: westerfield@charter.net
Phone: (931) 484-7233
Catalog: 8902 (XM-18 Ahnapee & Western, Original); 8903 (XM-18
Kewanee, Green Bay & Western, Original); 8957 (XM-18 Ahnapee &
Western, Modernized); 8958 (XM-18 Kewanee, Green Bay & Western,
Modernized)
Retail: $34.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
Built in 1914-1915 by Haskell & Barker Co., these double-sheathed
truss-rod boxcars with steel center sills were copies of CB&Q boxcars
and became the mainstay of the A&W and KGB&W boxcar fleet until
arrival of the first single-sheathed boxcars in the late 1920s. At that
time these boxcars were rebuilt with side reinforcing bands, and they
lasted through the end of World War II.
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Atlas will be producing their
Alco HH-600/660 locomotive model in GB&W's red and gray paint scheme.
The model is part of the silver / gold lines and has separately applied
details, directional lighting, a five-pole motor with dual flywheels, and
an NMRA 8-pin DCC plug (silver) or DCC control with QSI Quantum Sound
(gold). Expected: March 2011
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: 10 001 092 (Green Bay & Western 101 (Silver Line)); 10 001
103 (Green Bay & Western 101 (Gold Line))
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
GBW #101 was delivered in 1938. It was painted in the red and gray scheme
in 1948 and remained on the roster until 1956.
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Dave Cramer is offering
customizable CD/DVDs of GBW images. There are 182 images available, taken
by Verne Brummel between 1974 and 1989 (most in the 1970s), and the
purchaser may select any combination of images. The images are available
either as JPEG format for viewing on PCs or MPEG format for viewing on DVD
players. Besides the GBW images, there are also BN, C&NW, CRI&P,
CSS&SB, MILW, SOO and SOU images available.
Product info:
Dave Cramer, 2114 Sheridan Drive, Madison, WI 53704
Web: http://trainsite.8m.com/
E-mail: trainsite@gmail.com
Phone: (608) 246-2007
Retail: $0.30 per image, minimum order 40 images ($12.00). plus shipping
costs
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GBW Historical Society is
selling a kit of yellow GBW offset side twin hoppers in HO scale. Two road
numbers (416 & 419) are available.
Product info:
GBW Historical Society, P.O. Box 12713, Green Bay, WI 54307-2713
Web: http://www.gbwhs.org/
E-mail: information@gbwhs.org
Retail: $20.00 each plus $5.00 shipping costs
Prototype info:
The prototype hoppers were built in 1949 for the KGB&W. They began to
be painted yellow by 1967 and were reassigned to GBW at the time of the
KGB/GBW merger in 1969. The cars were retired in 1988.
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Accurail will be producing a
kit for a yellow GBW boxcar. The easy-to-build plastic car kits feature a
one-piece body with details molded in place. Expected:
February 2010
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: #3118 (Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $13.98
Prototype info:
GBW 21000 to 21038 were on the roster 1967 - 1981 and had a unique
'square' GREEN BAY AND WESTERN font.
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Accurail is producing its
41' AAR steel gondola as a 3-car set with different road numbers as well
as individual kits.
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: 3724 (41' AAR Steel Gondola - GB&W); 3724 (41' AAR Steel
Gondola - GB&W 3-Number Set)
Retail: $13.98 / $39.98
Prototype info:
KGB 7100- gondolas were used by the railroad from 1936-1964.
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Atlas is producing a yellow
GB&W 50'-6" exterior-post 'Railbox' style ACF boxcar in two road
different numbers. The ready-to-run model is part of their Trainman®
line, and includes AccuMate® couplers and metal wheels. Expected:
April 2010
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: 20 000 797 (ACF 50' 6" Box Car - Green Bay & Western
#7080); 20 000 797 (ACF 50' 6" Box Car - Green Bay & Western
#7088)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
The GB&W acquired 150 70-ton boxcars #7050-7199 with 10-foot doors
from ACF in June 1979. These cars were very similar to those being built
for Railbox and others at that time, although the side sill of the GBW
cars is different than the Atlas model.
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Sundance Marketing is
producing a Green Bay Route lapel pin.
Product info:
Sundance Marketing, Inc., P.O. Box 4957, Portland OR 97208
Web: http://www.sundancepins.com/
E-mail: rr@sundancepins.com
Phone: (503) 233-3908
Catalog: GBR (Green Bay Route Pin)
Retail: $5.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The font in the GREEN BAY ROUTE herald changed slightly over the years,
epsecially the rounded letters (G,O,R) The artwork for these pins is based
on the font used on steam locomotive heralds.
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Atlas is producing a model of
GBW #323 in both HO and N scales. The models feature the correct 3100
gallon fuel tank and pilot. The N scale model is available DC or DCC
powered; the HO scale version is available as decoder-ready or with QSI®
Quantum System sound. Expected:
August / December 2009
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: 10 000 556 (HO C420 Ph.2b Master Series Gold With Decoder &
Sound); 10 000 541 (HO C420 Ph.2b Master Series Silver - Without Decoder
and Sound - DCC Ready); 40 000 198 (N C420 Ph.2b Locomotive - standard);
40 000 213 (N C420 Ph.2b Locomotive - DCC)
Retail: $259.95 / $169.95 / $159.95 / $124.95
Prototype info:
The sole C-420 on the GBW's roster was delivered in late 1979 and was on
the roster until the end of the railroad in 1993.
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Atlas has reissued their Alco
C-424 Phase III in GBW's all-red paint scheme and road number #314. A
similar C-424 Phase II was produced by Atlas in 2005 in all-red with road
numbers #319, #321 and no number. Expected:
11/30/2009
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: #10 000 697 (HO C-424 Phase 1 Locomotive - Green Bay &
Western (Red/White/Black) #314); #9308 (HO C-424 Phase 1 Locomotive -
Green Bay & Western (Red/White/Black) #319); #9309 (HO C-424 Phase 1
Locomotive - Green Bay & Western (Red/White/Black) #321); #9310 (HO
C-424 Phase 1 Locomotive - Green Bay & Western (Red/White/Black) no
number)
Retail: $124.95
Prototype info:
The all-red paint scheme with yellow handrails was applied to #314 in 1972
and lasted until 1986.
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Weaver is producing a
GB&W boxcar in four different road numbers. The car is available in 2-
or 3- rail versions with individually mounted roof walk, doors, ladders
and brake wheel. Optional factory applied graffiti and weathering is also
available for the cars.
Product info:
Weaver Models, PO Box 231, Northumberland, PA 17857
Web: http://www.weavermodels.com/
E-mail: qcweaver@ptd.net
Phone: (570) 473-9434
Catalog: U3536SD (Green Bay & Western Steel Side Box Car (2 rail
version)); U3536LD (Green Bay & Western Steel Side Box Car (3 rail
version)); U3537SD (Green Bay & Western Steel Side Box Graffiti Car (2
rail version)); U3537LD (Green Bay & Western Steel Side Box Graffiti
Car (2 rail version))
Retail: $43.95
Prototype info:
GBW 600-624 were rebuilt in the 1970s with new doors and roller bearing
trucks. They were the last 40' boxcars on the railroad, some remained in
service until 1993. The Weaver model is a 1932 ARA boxcar, the GBW
prototypes were Pullman-Standard PS-1s.
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Athearn is producing
ready-to-run models of 50' outside braced boxcars in two GBW road numbers.
The models have separately applied grab irons, ladders, stirrup steps,
brake wheel and etched end platforms. Expected:
October 2009
Product info:
Athearn Inc., 19010 Laurel Park Road, Compton, CA 90220
Web: http://www.athearn.com/
E-mail: athearn@athearn.com
Phone: (310) 631-3400
Catalog: ATH87405 (HO RTR 50' FMC Plug Door Box, GB&W #1); ATH87406
(HO RTR 50' FMC Plug Door Box, GB&W #1)
Retail: $19.98
Prototype info:
These boxcars with 10-foot plug doors were on the GBW roster from 1980
through 1993.
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