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Atlas is producing
their Alco RS-11 diesel locomotive in GB&W red & gray paint.
Expected: January 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: 8769 (HO RS-11 Locomotive - Green Bay & Western
(Red/Gray/Black))
Retail: $124.95
Prototype info:
#309 was the sole RS-11 on the GB&W roster, delivered in 1956.
The high hood of the model is prototypical for the 1956-1963 era;
the short hood was chopped down in August of that year and the
locomotive was repainted in the all-red scheme in April 1969. The
model has dynamic brakes, while the GBW prototype did not.
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Atlas O is producing
their Alco C-424 locomotive in powered and unpowered versions in the
GBW's red & gray paint scheme of the 1960s. The powered models
come in two road numbers and the unpowered version in a single road
number, Expected: December
2007
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 (C-424 Phase 2 (powered) - three rail - Green Bay
& Western); 3315 (C-424 Phase 2 (powered) - two rail - Green Bay
& Western); 1365 (C-424 Phase 2 (unpowered) - three rail - Green
Bay & Western); 2365 (C-424 Phase 2 (unpowered) - two rail -
Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $469.95 (powered); $229.95 (unpowered)
Prototype info:
The GBW had four C-424s on the roster in the 1960s -- making it the
most common power in their fleet.
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Atlas had a
preproduction model of an HO scale Alco HH-600/660 at the Northeast
Prototype Modelers Meet held in Collinsville, Conn. Expected:
Unknown
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: None - preproduction model only
Retail: Unknown
Prototype info:
The GB&W's first diesel locomotive was an Alco HH-600 built in
1938.
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Accurail will be
producing its 41' AAR steel gondola decorated painted and lettered
for GBW.
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)
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 KGB 7100- gondolas used by the
railroad from 1936-1964.
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GB TV Service & Trains
offers a special run of Western Refrigerator Lines 40' wood reefer
lettered for Red Crown meats. The model is a custom-lettered Atlas-O
reefer. Expected: June 2008
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: 8075-1 (Red Crown #10507)
Prototype info:
Western Refrigerator Lines operated a fleet of wood refrigerator
cars for the Green Bay Route. Some of them carried billboard
lettering like this in the 1930s.
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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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