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Latest news on Green Bay Route model kits, decals, and more.
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EngineHouse Services
has an HO scale wood kit of GB&W's depot at Seymour, Wis. The kit is
laser cut wood with roofing material.
Product info:
EngineHouse Services, 2737 N Packerland Drive, Suite 2H, Green Bay WI
54303
Web: http://www.enginehouseservices.com/
E-mail: ehs@enginehouseservices.com
Phone: (920) 490-4839
Catalog: 1097-SEYDEPOT (GBW Seymour Depot)
Retail: $80.00
Prototype info:
The depot at Seymour was built in 1915 and used by the railroad until
1976. It is still standing today. The GB&W had depots of similar
proportions at Blair, Dodge, Forestville, Hixton, Independence, Kewaunee, New London, Scandinavia
and Taylor.
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Bachmann is producing an Alco 2-6-0 Mogul in DCC-ready and DCC
sound-equipped models. The DCC sound equipped model includes a Soundtraxx®
package with chuff, short and long whistles, bell, and blow down. The
preproduction model appears to be very similar to GBW #56/256 with the
correct boiler shape, driver spacing, dome placement, bell, headlight,
piping and tender. The major difference between the model and the
prototype is the placement of the air pumps on the fireman's side. Expected:
November 2011
Product info:
Bachmann Industries Inc.
Catalog: 51791 (Alco 2-6-0 Locomotive DCC Ready); 51801 (Alco 2-6-0
Locomotive DCC Sound Equipped)
Retail: $115 (DCC Ready), $175 (DCC Sound Equipped)
Prototype info:
The Green Bay Route's sixteen Alco 2-6-0 Moguls were built between 1907
and 1924 to very similar plans, with 56-inch drivers. They replaced the
original 4-4-0s on the railroad and were the main power of road freights
during this time, operaing either singly or doubleheaded. The Bachmann
model appearse to be based off of GBW #56/256, which was the last of the
series built in 1924. Drawings of this locomotive appear in the February
1955 Model Railroader magazine and the book Model Railroader Cyclopedia,
Vol. 1: Steam Locomotives.
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Diecast Direct has 1:43
scale diecast vehicles lettered for the Green Bay & Western RR.
Included are 1950 & 1953 pickup trucks, and a 1941 auto.
Product info:
Diecast Direct, Inc., 3005 Old Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort, Ky. 40601
Web: http://www.diecastdirect.com/
Phone: 800-718-1866
Catalog: FR41-RR-GBW (1941 Ford "Green Bay & Western Railroad
Police"); RR-1950-GBW (1950 GMC Pickup 'Green Bay & Western
Railroad'); RR-1953-GBW (1953 Ford F100 Pickup 'Green Bay & Western
Railroad')
Retail: $11.95
Prototype info:
The GB&W used Ford trucks for MOW vehicles in the 1950s, but the
prototypes were red with white lettering.
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MDC Roundhouse is
producing a ready-to-run 40' pickle car decorated for Green Bay Pickle
Company, a division of Green Bay Food Co., reporting marks GBFX. The cars
are available in two road numbers. Expected:
March 2011
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: 85269 (Green Bay Foods #202); 85270 (Green Bay Foods #202)
Retail: $24.98
Prototype info:
Green Bay Food Co. was headquartered adjacent to the GB&W's yard in
Green Bay. Tthese cars are correct for the 1950s era, and perhaps earlier
too. ORER listings in 1950 & 1955 show GBFX 202 & 204, but not in
a 1960 ORER. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the lettering; I have not
seen a prototype image of these cars.
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WrightTRAK is considering
producing a polyurethane resin kit for a KOG/MP/GBW caboose. The model
would be based on the company's SCL International Car Company caboose kit
with new tooling for the sides and ends of the car. In order to make the
project viable, WrightTRAK requires a minimum 100 preorders for the kit.
More details are on the WrightTRAK
home page. Expected:
Uncertain
Product info:
WrightTRAK Railroad Models, P O Box 158, Clarkesville, GA 30523
Web: http://www.wrighttrak.com/
Phone: (706) 754-9188
Catalog: ??
Retail: $50.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
One of these former KOG/MP cabooses was added to the GBW roster the summer
of 1980 and it remained with the railroad until the WC's purchase of the
GBW in 1993.
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Digital Fox has released a
special run kit of KGB&W steel gondolas. The cars are available in
four road numbers. The Accurail kit includes separate ends, a fully
detailed/riveted interior floor, Andrews sideframes, Delrin wheelsets
(metal wheels available separately) and Accurail's magnetic-compatible
Accumate couplers.
Product info:
Digital Fox, P.O. Box 651, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.digitalfox.com/
E-mail: digitalfox@digitalfox.com
Retail: $13.98
Prototype info:
These second-hand cars came from the Norfolk & Western, these gondolas
were acquired by the KGB&W in January 1936 and numbered into the
7100-7199 series. The railroad Roman lettering scheme on the models is the
original 1930s lettering; it was replaced in the 1950s with a railroad
Gothic font.
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Rail Retro is selling
Hanes® T-Shirts with the GREEN BAY ROUTE logo or the GBW cartoon figure
from the 1970s.
Product info:
Rail Retro, 251 W. Central Ave., Suite 101, Cincinnati, OH 45066
Web: http://www.railretro.com/
Phone: 1-877-997-3876
Catalog: - (Green Bay Western)
Retail: $17.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The cartoon character was used in 1970s
advertisements.
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Walthers is producing their
PROTO 1000 Alco RS-2 diesel in the GBW all-red paint scheme. The HO model
was first produced in 2007 in the GBW red-and-gray paint scheme and
features a newly-designed power train using helical gears and a 14:1 gear
ratio, and an NMRA 9 pin DCC socket. The N scale model has a DCC-friendly
mechanism with a clip-fit circuit board Expected:
December 28, 2010
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: 920-35129 (HO PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered - Green Bay
& Western #302); 920-35130 (HO PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered -
Green Bay & Western #304); 920-80080 (N PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2
Powered - Green Bay & Western #302); 920-80081 (N PROTO 1000 Diesel
Alco RS-2 Powered - Green Bay & Western #304)
Retail: $99.98
Prototype info:
Four of the 1500 horsepower Alco RS-2s were added to the GBW roster in
1950.They were painted all-red in 1969 (#304) and 1970 (#302). They were
retired in 1976.
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Accurail will be selling a
limited run Kewaunee Green Bay & Western hopper kit at Trainfest
in Milwaukee, November 13-14, 2010. The cars have the 1950s as-built oxide
red paint scheme and are available in 3 road numbers. Expected:
November 13, 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: Unkown (Green Bay & Western 50-ton Offset Side Twin Hoppers)
Retail: $14.00
Prototype info:
KGBW 401-420 were delivered in the oxide red scheme in 1949. They were
repainted in the early 1960s and then transferred to GBW ownership and
painted yellow by 1967. The cars were retired in 1988.
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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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