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EngineHouse Services
is planning to produce a styrene kit of GBW's Green Bay Depot. This model
is based on the way the building looked shortly before the 1977 fire which
destroyed it.
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: 1097-2 (GBW depot)
Retail: $275
Prototype info:
The depot was built in 1898 and served as a depot on the ground floor and
company offices on the upper floor. The building was lengthened in 1912.
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Plymouth Model Railroad Society
has Western Refrigerator Lines reefers. The cars have billboard Sampson
Canning Company lettering. The Accurail kits are hand painted and decaled
for #11490, 11492 and 11495.
Product info:
Plymouth Model Railroad Society, 414 E. Mill St., Dept B, Plymouth, WI
53073
Web: http://www.pmrrs.com/
E-mail: postmaster@pmrrs.com
Phone: 920-893-9552
Catalog: Club Car (WRX Sampson Canning cars #11490, 11492 and 11495.)
Retail: $25
Prototype info:
Some WRX reefers had this lettering in the 1930s. Sampson Canning was a
shipper in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Accurail has added a 50'
steel GBW boxcar to its product line. They also offer a decal set for
renumbering the model. Expected:
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: 5116 (Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $11.98
Prototype info:
Althought not an axact match to any car series (the Accurail car is an AAR
prototype), the lettering on the model is based on the GBW 2500-2699 XL
series boxcars. 50' GBW boxcars of the general style of car body and
lettering seemed to be everywhere in Green Bay in the 1970s.
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Accurail will be selling a
limited edition 50' green boxcar lettered in the GBW 'Packers' scheme of
the 1960s at Trainfest in Milwaukee, November 11-12, 2004. The car is
available in three road numbers.
Product info:
Accurail, Inc., PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Retail: $12.00
Prototype info:
GBW 500-519 were delivered dark green in 1962 and were mainly used to
carry auto parts. This car will not be for the 'purist' and calling it a
'stand-in' is a bit of a stretch. GBW 500-series cars were late
Pullman-Standard PS-1's so the Accurail model will have a different roof,
different ends, and a different door plus grab irons instead of a short
ladder on the left-hand side.
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Railroad Paper Collectibles
is making a photo CD from the collection of Verne Brummel. Volume 9 of the
series covers the Green Bay & Western and Milwaukee Road branch lines
in Wisconsin in the 1970s. The GBW portion of the CD includes 182 slides
covering most of the railroad's locos, depots that still stood in the
mid-70's Green Bay, Seymour, Black Creek, New London, Manawa, Plover,
Wisconsin Rapids, Alma Center, Hixton, Blair and Whitehall, and scenes
shot from the engine cab of GBW C424 #313 from Winona to Wisconsin Rapids.
Slide duplicates and standard prints of images on the CD may also be
ordered.
Product info:
Railroad Paper Collectibles, c/o Dave Cramer, 2114 Sheridan Drive,
Madison, WI 53704
Web: http://trainsite.8m.com/
E-mail: trainsite@gmail.com
Phone: (608) 246-2007
Catalog: Verne Brummel CD Volume 9 (Milwaukee Road branch lines in
Wisconsin and the Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $25
Prototype info:
Avid railfan, railroad historian, and railroad photographer since the
early '70s, Verne Brummel offers his extensive collection of railroad
slides for sale in this ongoing series of CDs. The images have been color
corrected, cleaned and restored, presented in easy-to-view slideshows by
editor Dave Cramer.
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DM Custom Decals has a set of decals for GBW 86-foot auto parts
high cube boxcars. The decals are white with a red & white herald.
Product info:
DM Custom Decals, 2127 S. 11th St. Manitowoc WI 54220-6513
Retail: $2.50 plus shipping
Prototype info:
GBW 100-113 were built by Thrall in 1964 (GBW #100-102), Greenville in
1965 (GBW #103-105), and Thrall in 1966 (GBW #106-113). The cars were
oxide / tuscan red with an aluminum double door. The Athearn HO scale 86'
High Cube 4 Door Boxcar is a close stand-in for the GBW #100-102, but the
model has welded sides while the prototype was riveted.
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5th
Avenue Car Shops has reissued its kit for a GBW 8100-series
6-panel wood outside braced boxcars with steel Dreadnaught ends. The car
is an Accurail model with custom lettering for GBW #8142. The earlier
release of this model in 2003 had road numbers #8136 and #8154.
Product info:
5th Avenue Car Shops, P.O. Box 423, LaGrange, IL 60525
Web: http://www.accurail.com/accurail/art/custom/carshops/carshops.htm
Retail: $13.50 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
GBW 8100-8198 (odd numbers only) were added in 1930 and some cars remained
on the roster until 1970.
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MTH is producing their
PS-2 covered hopper lettered for GBW. The two-bay hopper is yellow with
black lettering and comes in two road numbers: #9081, #9088. Expected:
September 30, 2006
Product info:
MTH Electric Trains, 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046
Web: http://www.mth-railking.com/
E-mail: sales@mth-railking.com
Phone: (410) 381-2580
Catalog 20-97186 (PS-2 Hopper Car - Green Bay Western No. 9081,9088)
Retail $44.95
Prototype info:
GBW 9000 to 9099 (100 cars) were two-bay covered hoppers built by Built
Evans Products Co. in 1981.
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Walthers is producing a
ready-to-run model of a 53' gondola. The red gondola will be available as
a single car or a two-pack, each with different road numbers. Expected:
April 27, 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 932-40254 (Gold Line 53' Thrall Gondola - Green Bay &
Western); 932-24025 (Gold Line 53' Thrall Gondola - Green Bay &
Western - two pack)
Retail $19.98 (single car); $37.98 (two-pack)
Prototype info:
Thrall Car Co. manufactured two classes of 53' gondolas for the GBW:
#20-29 and #30-39. Most were repainted red with white lettering in the
1980s and a few are still in service with that paint scheme today.
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Walthers is producing a
model based on the GBW's depot at Whitehall, Wisconsin as part of its
Cornerstone series of kits. Expected:
February 27, 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 933-2932 (Whitehall Station)
Retail $44.98
Prototype info:
The brick depot at Whitehall was built in 1914 and included design
elements typical of train depots of the early 20th century, including a
central counter, men�s and women�s waiting rooms and a
sheltering overhang. It served GBW's passengers until 1949 and then was a
freight agent's office until 1963. The City of Whitehall purchased the
structure in 2003 and it is now listed in the National Register of
Historic Places.
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Merrill
Publishing Associates has a photo CD and book titled "Green
Bay & Western Steam Locomotives." It contains 169 images from the
collection of the late Roy Campbell. All images have captions providing
locomotive histories, dates and places of photographs, and identities of
any photographers other than Campbell (where known). They are stored as
600 dpi scans in Adobe Acrobat format. The images are also available on
glossy paper and ring-bound for easy viewing.
Product info:
Merrill Publishing Associates, P.O. Box 51, Merrill, WI 54452
Web: http://www.merrillpublishingassociates.com/
E-mail: merrillpublishingassociates@verizon.net
Catalog: Green Bay & Western Steam Locomotives (Photo CD); Green Bay
& Western Steam Locomotives (Book)
Retail: $20 (photo CD); $50 (book). Shipping and handling $2 for CDs;
Wisconsin residents add 5.5% state sales tax ($1.10 per CD). plus shipping
costs
Prototype info:
From the 1920�s to the 1950�s, Milwaukee businessman Roy W.
Campbell amassed one of the largest and best private steam locomotive
photograph collections in the Midwest from his own photography and that of
others. Following his death in 1965, his collection lay dormant until the
late 1990�s, when his grandson David Campbell initiated ways to share
and find recognition for the collection.
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Kadee has re-run its 40' PS-1
boxcar with a new GBW road number. The car is boxcar red with black ends
and roof and features a 6' 7-panel Superior door. The road number is #708;
the original release road number was #799.
Product info:
Kadee Quality Products
Web: http://www.kadee.com/
Catalog 4066 (40' PS-1 Box Car - GBW)
Retail $30.95
Prototype info:
200 of these boxcars were delivered in 1950. The Kadee paint scheme is
as-delivered; many of the cars were repainted with larger GREEN BAY AND
WESTERN lettering in the 1960s; the remaining cars were painted yellow
with black lettering around 1970.
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DM Custom Decals has a set of decals for red Green Bay &
Western Lines semi trailers. The decals have white lettering and heralds,
light gray side stripe with black outline, and black numbers.
Product info:
DM Custom Decals, 2127 S. 11th St. Manitowoc WI 54220-6513
Retail $3.00
Prototype info:
The Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western
Transportation Co. was the GB&W's subsidiary company to carry
less-than-carload freight in the years following World War II.
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Pentrex has reissued its
video 'The Green Bay Route' on DVD. The 72-minute video has a chapter menu
and comes in a clamshell case.
Product info:
Pentrex Media Group, P.O. Box 94911, Pasadena, CA 91109-4911
Web: http://www.pentrex.com/
E-mail: pentrex@pentrex.com
Phone: (800) 950-9333
Catalog GBAY-DVD (The Green Bay Route (DVD video)); GBAY (The Green Bay
Route (VHS video))
Retail $29.95 (DVD); $39.95 (VHS)
Prototype info:
Filmed in the early 1990's, this video follows several GB&W trains
working their way west from Green Bay and also east from East Winona.
Unfortunately, they do not cover the Kewaunee Subdivision.
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InterMountain will be
producing an N scale ready-to-run model of a Pullman-Standard 5277 boxcar,
lettered for GBW with six different road numbers. Expected:
June 2006.
Product info:
InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, Colorado 80502-0839
Web: http://www.imrcmodels.com/
E-mail: intermountain@intermountain-railway.com
Phone: (800) 472-2530
Catalog #67506 (PS5277 Cubic Foot Boxcar - Assembled -- Green Bay &
Western)
Retail $18.95
Prototype info:
GBW #1730-1759 were 50' exterior post 'Railbox' type boxcars used in the
1970s and 1980s.
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Walthers will be making a
ready-to-run International Car Company steel bay window caboose. The
caboose has roadname-specific details including three different roof
styles and three different bay window styles, metal wheel sets and McHenry
knuckle couplers. The cars will be available lettered for GBW as either
single cars or as a two-pack. Expected:
April 4, 2006
Product info:
Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218-1622
Web: http://www.walthers.com/
E-mail: custserv@walthers.com
Phone: (800) 4TRAINS
Catalog #932-27625 (International Steel Bay Window Caboose - 2 Pack -
Green Bay & Western); #932-27625 (International Steel Bay Window
Caboose - Green Bay & Western)
Retail $29.98 ($54.98 2-pack)
Prototype info:
International Car Company built three GBW cabooses: #615-616 went into
service in 1966 and #617 in 1967. They were renumbered 115-117 in 1979 and
many of the windows were plated over in the early 1980s. The Walthers kits
appears to be an exact match for these cabooses.
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Precision Craft
will be offering an Alco FA-1 set of KGB&W #501/#502. The locos are
available with or without sound. The trailing unit will only operate
with the lead unit. Expected:
June 30, 2006
Product info:
Precision Craft, 4 Signal Ave., Suite A, Ormond Beach, FL 32174
Web: http://www.precisioncraftmodels.com/
E-mail: info@precisioncraftmodels.com
Phone: (386) 615-1912
Catalog 262 (Diesel ALCO FA1/FA1 Set, Powered w/LokSound with A/A
Lashed-Up); 276 (Diesel ALCO FA1/FA1 Set, Powered DC - DCC Sound
Upgradeable)
Retail $389.99 / $259.99
Prototype info:
KGB 501-502 were delivered in December 1947 and were on the roster until
the early 1960s. The technical drawing at Precision Craft's web site (see
image at right) seems to have several errors - the ends of the GB&W
FA-1s were black, the fuel tanks were also black, and the locos never had
yellow numbers under the cab window.
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Accurail has added a 50'
exterior post boxcar painted and lettered as a blue GBW boxcar.
Product info:
Accurail, PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog 5630 (50' Exterior Post Modern Boxcars)
Retail $10.98
Prototype info:
In 1979 the GBW added 200 boxcars to their fleet. Most of these cars were
painted the standard yellow, but about 50 of the cars were blue. The blue
cars were intended for for Meridian & Bigbee RR, but reassigned by
Itel to the GBW.
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JJL Models Is producing a
limited number of Alco HH-660 locomotives. The model is based on a
Life-Like S-1 mechanism with a modified frame, and a resin casting for the
high hood. The modeler needs to reassemble and paint the model.
Product info:
JJL Models, 733 Seymour Rd. Bear, DE 1970
Web: http://www.jjlmodels.com/
E-mail: jjlofland@aol.com
jjlmodels.com
Phone: (302) 322-7131
Catalog 4 (Alco HH-660 Switcher)
Retail $189.50 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The GBW's HH-660 switcher was the first diesel loco on the railroad. It
was on the roster from 1938 through 1956.
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Accurail has added a two-bay
hopper lettered in the GBW 1940s-50s scheme to its catalog. This kit was
originally offered as a limited-run for Trainfest
in 2005.
Product info:
Accurail, PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog 2550 (Green Bay & Western 55-Ton USRA Hopper)
Retail $9.98
Prototype info:
GBW 4800- and 4900- hoppers were purchased second hand in 1926-1930 and
some lasted until 1950.
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Scale Reproductions
has GBW limestone ballast in a size suitable for HO and N scales.
Product info:
Scale Reproductions, 1120 Cherry Lane, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Web: http://www.greatdecals.com/Scale.htm
E-mail: jakdgk@powercom.net
Phone: (920) 459-7262
Catalog #129 (GBW Limestone Ballast)
Retail $3.00 per pound plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
Ballast on the GBW was typically a light-colored limestone, taken from
local gravel pits along the railroad.
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Athearn will be producing a
ready-to-run version of GBW's 1700- series 50' outside braced boxcars. Expected:
March 2006
Product info:
Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Road, Compton, CA 90220
Web: http://www.athearn.com/
E-mail: athearn@athearn.com
Phone: (310) 631-3400
Catalog #92897 (Boxcar Green Bay & Western yellow/black lettering #1);
#92898 (Boxcar Green Bay & Western yellow/black lettering #1)
Retail $15.98
Prototype info:
These boxcars were typical of many 50' outside-braced boxcars built by
Pullman-Standard in the 1970s-80s. This particular series was built for
the GBW in 1974.
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Broadway Limited
will be producing Alco RSD-15 locomotives in GBW's paint scheme. The DCC-equipped
locos are available with or without Broadway's Quantum Sound System. Expected:
Spring 2006
Product info:
Broadway Limited, 4 Signal Ave., STE C, Ormond Beach, FL 32174
Web: http://www.broadway-limited.com/
E-mail: info@broadway-limited.com
Phone: (386) 673-8900
Catalog #1034 (Alco RSD-15 Alligator (no sound version) - GBW #2407);
#1035 (Alco RSD-15 Alligator (no sound version) - GBW #2404); #1322 (Alco
RSD-15 Alligator (digital sound version) - GBW #2407); #1323 (Alco RSD-15
Alligator (digital sound version) - GBW #2404)
Retail $129.99 (no sound); $249.99 (digital sound)
Prototype info:
The prototypes were the most elusive of GBW diesels: Purchased second-hand
from the LS&I in 1989, GBW 2400, 2403-2407 saw very limited use in the
Green Bay area for only a few years before being stored at GBW's Norwood
Yard and used for parts. They kept their LS&I red paint scheme and
stripes except for a painted-over patch on each long hood where standard
'GBW' lettering was applied.
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Modelers Choice has a
styrene kit of a Thrall 14-panel gondola. This model is an exact match for
ten GBW gondolas built in 1977. The modeler must supply additional detail
parts to complete the model.
Product info:
Modelers Choice, 1879 N. Neltnor Blvd. #320, West Chicago, IL 60185
Web: http://www.modelerschoice.com/
E-mail: info@modelerschoice.com
Phone: (630) 562-2600
Catalog #250001 (Thrall 14-panel Gondola)
Retail $12.00
Prototype info:
GBW 20-29 were delivered in 1977 painted yellow with black lettering. They
were repainted red with white lettering in the 1980s.
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Athearn will have a re-tooled
RS-3 based on the ex-Model Die Casting body. Some of the improvements
include:
- Multiple versions of stack, bells, pilots, fuel tanks, steam
generator and headlights
- Window glazing
- Improved body details including brakewheel, air tanks, handrails,
air horns and fan grill
Expected: December 2005
Product info:
Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Road, Compton, CA 90220
Web: http://www.athearn.com/
E-mail: athearn@athearn.com
Phone: (310) 631-3400
Catalog #ATH94000 (HO RTR RS3, Undecorated)
Retail $89.98
Prototype info:
GBW had four RS-3s on the roster during the 1950s-1970s: #305-308.
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Atlas has issued their Alco
C-424 in new paint schemes, including GBW 319, 321 and no number in the
all-red paint scheme of the early 1980s. Expected:
11/30/2005
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #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 $99.95
Prototype info:
Four C-424s were acquired second-hand from Conrail in 1980. The Atlas
model should be a good match for all of them. The all-red paint scheme
with yellow handrails was used at least through 1982; by the mid-1980s the
handrails were painted red with white near the steps.
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Life-Like will be
producing an HO scale Proto 2000 Alco RS-27 diesel. The DCC-equipped
models will be available in Green Bay & Western's red & white
scheme as #316 or #317, iand either with or without DCC sound. The model
is also available as C&NW #902 and #309. The expected ship date is
December 5, 2005. Expected:
12/5/2005
Product info:
Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211
Web: http://www.lifelikeproducts.com/
E-mail: orders@lifelikeproducts.com
Phone: (800) 638-1470
Catalog #31339 (PROTO 2000 Diesel ALCO RS-27 - Powered, No Sound -- Green
Bay & Western #316); #31340 (PROTO 2000 Diesel ALCO RS-27 - Powered,
No Sound -- Green Bay & Western #317); #31341 (PROTO 2000 Diesel ALCO
RS-27 - Powered w/Sound & DCC -- Green Bay & Western #316); #31342
(PROTO 2000 Diesel ALCO RS-27 - Powered w/Sound & DCC -- Green Bay
& Western #317)
Retail $165.00 (no sound); $265.00 (sound & DCC)
Prototype info:
The GB&W had four RS-27 diesels on its roster. GB&W #310 was
delivered in 1960 and it was joined by three ex-C&NW locomotives (GBW
#316-318) between 1968 and 1976 . C&NW #903 and #902 were leased by
the GB&W during 1967-1968 and operated in C&NW colors with a GREEN
BAY ROUTE herald on the cab sides. GB&W #310 was the first production
RS-27 and had several unique spotting features including a brake wheel
recessed in the low short hood and a single large cab windshield, while
#316-318 had the 'typical' RS-27 production details. GB&W #316-317
operated still in C&NW paint with a large GREEN BAY ROUTE herald on
the cab sides during 1967-1968. Two of the RS-27s were still on the roster
at the time of the WC purchase in 1993.
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Scale Rail Graphics
reports that they will have decals for for the 50' yellow and blue boxcars
available at the Mad City
Model Railroad Show & Sale on February 19. SRG also says
that they will be coming out with some other GBW sets between now and the Titletown
Train Show in April.
Product info:
Scale Rail Graphics, Scale Rail Graphics 1790 7th Street, Green Bay, WI
54304
Web: http://www.scalerailgraphics.com/
E-mail: sales@scalerailgraphics.com
Prototype info:
The GBW added yellow and blue exterior post cars in the late 1970s.
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GB&W PG has
supplementary decals available free to anyone who purchased a 4100-
series boxcar from 2002 and/or an oxide red
KGB&W open hopper from 2003. These decals contain the
trust stenciling for the boxcar and a black outline for the herald on the
hopper car. Please indicate how many of each type you need decals with
your request and send a self addressed, stamped envelope to "GBW
Decals" at the address given above.
Product info:
GB&W PG, SLHTS Cars, P.O. Box 2076, Manitowoc, WI 54221
Web: http://www.sooline.org/gbw/
E-mail: cars@sooline.org
Retail Free
Prototype info:
These decals will correct small errors due to limitations of the printing
process used on the original cars.
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Plets Express reports
that their video 'Alcos on the Green Bay & Western' is sold out on
VHS. The title will not be restocked until it is available on DVD.
Product info:
Plets Express, P.O. Box 217, Altoona, WI 54720 P.O. Box 217, Altoona, WI
54720
Web: http://www.pletsexpress.com/
E-mail: info@pletsexpress.com
Phone: (715) 833-8899
Catalog #004GBW (Alcos on the Green Bay & Western)
Prototype info:
Covers GBW Alco powered freights across Wisconsin.
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GB TV Service & Trains
has a yellow GBW 50' plug door boxcar. The Petersen
Supply Company / Weaver
ready-to-run model features diecast sprung trucks and couplers and comes
in three road numbers.
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 unknown (Green Bay & Western 50' Plug Door Boxcar)
Retail $52.95
Prototype info:
GBW 7200-7407 were built in 1979 and remained on the roster until the end
of the GBW in 1993.
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GB TV Service & Trains
will produce a limited edition Atlas O reefer. The Western Refrigeration
Line reefer with Balza's Pickles & Krauts billboard lettering will be
available in either a 3-rail or 2-rail version with four different road
numbers (WRX 11480, 11481, 11482 & 11483). The car was developed with
the assistance of Orin Miller, who owned the Western Refrigeration Line
when the prototypes were operated. Update December
2004: The cars are in stock.
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
Retail $62.95 3-rail / $65.95 2-rail plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
During the heydays of the 1930s the Western Refrigeration Line operated a
fleet of wooden refrigerator cars, many with billboard lettering such as
this. The E.J. Balza Company was located in Duck Creek, west of Green Bay.
It ran into financial trouble during the Great Depression and was sold to
Stokley Brothers. Stokley-Van Camp continued to operate the factory for
several decades and the factory is still in existance.
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GB TV Service & Trains
is offering an O scale version of GB&W steam locomotive 302. It is a
custom run of a Weaver Models
2-8-0. The model will have appropriate numbering on the
tender and locomotive (including the number boards), the white stripe down
the side, the silver boiler, correct sand domes, black roof, and herald on
the tender. The 3-rail diecast engine and tender features Lionel
Railsounds & TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC), puffing smoke,
directional headlights & marker lights and can run on O-31 curves. Expected:
December, 2004
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 unknown (Green Bay & Western 2-8-0 'Mayflower')
Retail $695.00
Prototype info:
GBW #302 was ex-Chicago Peoria & St. Louis #72, built by Alco in 1913.
The GB&W acquired it in 1927 and numbered in GB&W #64, along with
sister locomotives KGB&W #44 and A&W #74. It was renumbered #302
in October 1936 and took its last trip (from Wisconsin Rapids to Green
Bay) on July 9, 1939.
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Walthers has re-released
their 37' Trinity two bay covered hopper as an assembled model with new
GBW road numbers. The ready-to-run car is painted gray with black
reporting marks (no herald, no name) and car data in black and red. The
model comes fully assembled with a detailed body, roof hatches, a thin
profile roofwalk and more. A complete set of wire grab irons is included
and molded drill starter points on the body simplify installation. This is
a re-release of their #932-5419 GBW covered hopper kit. Expected:
February, 2005
Product info:
Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218-1622
Web: http://www.walthers.com/
E-mail: custserv@walthers.com
Phone: (800) 4TRAINS
Catalog #932-5384 (Trinity 2-Bay Cement Service Covered Hopper -
Assembled); #932-25384 (Trinity 2-Bay Cement Service Covered Hopper -
Assembled Limited-Run 2-Pack)
Retail $17.98 (single car) / $35.98 (two-pack)
Prototype info:
This model is correct for the 6000 series 2-bay covered hoppers built in
the early 1990s for sand service out of Taylor.
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Accurail Will be selling a
limited edition 40' red boxcar and a 40' WRX gray reefer at Trainfest in
Milwaukee, November 13-14, 2004. Accurail has indicated that excess cars
will be sold through their web site after the train show has ended.
Product info:
Accurail, PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Retail $11.00
Prototype info:
As WRX reefers were shopped in the 1950s, many were repainted in the
scheme used on these cars. The scheme lasted until the 1960s when most of
the remaining cars were painted in a much simpler scheme. In the early
1960s some of the GBW #700-899 steel boxcars were painted red with a
'Packers' logo. The WRX cars are a close match for their prototypes, but
the red boxcar models have 8' PS doors while the prototypes had a 6-foot
Superior 7-panel doors.
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MTH will be producing on
O scale 50' double plug door boxcar. The car is yellow with black ends,
black lettering, red & white GREEN BAY ROUTE herald, road number GBW
2433, 2435. The model is part of their 'Premiere' line and includes an ABS
body, metal wheels, separate handrails, and sliding car doors. The car
will operate on O-31 curves. Expected delivery date: 2005.
Product info:
MTH, 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046
Web: http://www.mth-railking.com/
E-mail: sales@mth-railking.com
Phone: (410) 381-2580
Catalog #20-93235 (50' Dbl. Door Plugged Boxcar)
Retail $49.95
Prototype info:
These double door boxcars arrived in 1969 and were mainly in paper mill
service.
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Ann Arbor RRTHA
offers HO scale decal sets for yellow, red and green GBW boxcars from the
1950s-1960s. Set-1 includes a data sheet, four pairs of GBW heralds, two
pairs of white 9-inch road names, and two pairs of white 12-inch road
names. Set-2 Set includes a data sheet, three pairs of GBW heralds and
three pairs of black 12-inch road names. Set-3 includes a data sheet,
three pairs of GBW heralds, and three pairs of yellow 12-inch road names.
Set-4 contains two pairs of logos 'Packers' emblems in three colors. When
ordering, include $1 postage for 1-4 sets, $2 for 5 or more sets.
Product info:
Ann Arbor RRTHA, P.O. Box 51, Chesaning, MI 48616-0051
Web: http://www.trainweb.org/annarbor/
Catalog GBW Set #1 (GBW 40' Red Boxcars); GBW Set #2 (GBW 40' Yellow
Boxcars); GBW Set #3 (GBW 40' & 50' Green Boxcars); GBW Set #4
(Packers' football logos)
Retail $8.50 (set-1); $6.50 (set-2 and set-3); $5.50 set-4. plus shipping
costs
Prototype info:
The GBW acquired its first steel 40' PS-1 boxcars in 1950. The cars were
boxcar red with black ends.(white lettering) Some were later repainted
with boxcar red ends and a larger 12" high roadname. Yellow boxcars
(black lettering) first arrived in 1959 and green boxcars (yellow
lettering) in 1962. In the early 1960s some boxcars were repainted bright
red (white lettering, some with the smaller road name, others with the
larger road name). By the early 1970s most boxcars were repainted yellow
and the railroad began using a slightly bolder font on its freight cars.
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Atlas O will be producing 50'
PS-1 single door boxcars lettered for GB&W. The car features an ABS
body, etched metal roofwalk, trucks and PS doors to match the prototype,
and separately applied details. It will be available in two-rail and
three-rail versions, with two different road numbers for each. Expected
delivery date: January 2005.
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 #6592 (50' PS-1 Single-Door Box Car 3-rail); #7592 (50' PS-1
Single-Door Box Car 2-rail)
Retail $59.95 3-rail / $62.95 2-rail
Prototype info:
GBW 500-519 were delivered in 1962, painted dark green with yellow
lettering and a 'Packers' logo. They were used in auto parts traffic. Most
were painted standard GBW yellow by 1973.
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MTH will be producing on
O scale offset-side hopper. The car is black with white lettering, red
& white GREEN BAY ROUTE herald, road number KGB 404. Expected delivery
date: unknown.
Product info:
MTH, 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046
Web: http://www.mth-railking.com/
E-mail: sales@mth-railking.com
Phone: (410) 381-2580
Catalog unknown
Retail $39.95
Prototype info:
KGB 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.
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MTH will be producing on
O scale 40' boxcar. The car is yellow with black lettering, red &
white GREEN BAY ROUTE herald, road number GBW 908, 909. Expected delivery
date: November 2004
Product info:
MTH, 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046
Web: http://www.mth-railking.com/
E-mail: sales@mth-railking.com
Phone: (410) 381-2580
Catalog #20-93199
Retail $39.95
Prototype info:
The GBW 900- series cars were the first yellow cars on the railroad,
delivered in 1959.
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GB&W PG (affiliated
with the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society) has released an
Accurail HO scale 50' exterior post modern boxcar lettered for GBW 1700-
series cars.
Product info:
GB&W PG, SLHTS Cars, P.O. Box 2076, Manitowoc, WI 54221
Web: http://www.sooline.org/gbw/
E-mail: cars@sooline.org
Retail $12.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
GBW 1700-1719 were on the GBW roster from 1967 until the sale of the
railroad in 1993. The yellow cars were unique in the fact that they had no
GREEN BAY ROUTE heralds on them.
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Rutland Car Shops
is making models of Merchants Despatch Transportation (NYC) 40'
reefer/milk car kits. The kits will feature a one-piece cast-resin body
with decals and details specific for MDT, NKP and D&H freight reefers
as well as freight and milk reefer variants for the B&M. One variation
offered will be the re-built MDT class M4-3 reefer. This class of cars is
the source of the Ahnapee & Western's 3000-3009 reefers on their
roster in the 1940s-50s. These cars may be
produced in an A&W version with decals.
Product info:
Rutland Car Shops, P.O. Box 325. Telford, PA 18969
Web: http://www.bethlehemcarworks.com/
E-mail: jgreene@netcarrier.com
Phone: (215) 721-3006
Prototype info:
A&W #3000-3009 were ex-MDT class M4-3 reefers, built as part of
Michigan Central 17000-18999 in 1923-24. They were placed in A&W
service in 1948. By 1950 only 3000, 3003, 3004 were still in service. The
last car in the series (#3003) was retired in 1953.
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Life-Like will be producing an Alco RS-2 n its Proto 1000 line. The
loco will not be available painted for GBW, but will come in an unpainted
version.
Product info:
Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211
Web: http://www.lifelikeproducts.com/
E-mail: orders@lifelikeproducts.com
Phone: (800) 638-1470
Catalog #31287 (RS2 Locomotive - Undecorated)
Retail $95.00
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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LBF may
be producing their 52'-6'' general service gondola with fluted sides and
strap ends lettered for GBW. The Railroad Ready� model will be
decorated in the USA and assembled in China with metal wheels and McHenry
couplers. Four different road numbers. Anticipated delivery date: Fall
2004.
Product info:
LBF, 1931 NW Mulholland Drive, Roseburg, OR 97470
Web: http://www.lbfcompany.com/
E-mail: sales@lbfcompany.com
Phone: (541) 677-9595
Retail $14.98
Prototype info:
GB&W 5500-5534 were 52'-6'' / 2500 cu. ft. on the roster 1983-1993.
The cars were black with white lettering.
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GB&W PG (affiliated
with the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society) has announced KGBW/GBW
401-series offset side twin hoppers in HO scale. Two paint schemes are
available, the 1949 as-built oxide red (GBW #406 or #420) and the late
1960s yellow repaints into the GBW scheme (GBW #414 or #418). (Update
4/25/04: The oxide red cars are sold out, and the GB&W Preservation
Group reports that only about a dozen of the yellow cars remain.)
Product info:
GB&W PG, SLHTS Cars, P.O. Box 2076, Manitowoc, WI 54221
Web: http://www.sooline.org/gbw/
E-mail: cars@sooline.org
Retail $11.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The KGB 401-420 were delivered in the oxide red scheme in 1949. They were
repainted bright red 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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Scale Rail Graphics
has added a decal set for GB&W red 40' boxcars to their catalog. The
set is for 40' red boxcars with white lettering, a red & white herald,
and the 'Home of the Packers' logo of the 1960s. The set is stocked in HO
& N scales, and can be custom-ordered in other scales.
Product info:
Scale Rail Graphics, Scale Rail Graphics 1790 7th Street, Green Bay, WI
54304
Web: http://www.scalerailgraphics.com/
E-mail: sales@scalerailgraphics.com
Catalog #31057 (Red 40' GBW Boxcar)
Prototype info:
Around 1959 the Green Bay Route started repainting some freight cars
bright caboose red. Yellow replaced the bright red sometime around 1963-64
as the cars were shopped. The 'Home of the Packers' logo appeared on many
red, yellow and green boxcars throughout the 1960s.
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