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Latest news on Green Bay Route model kits, decals, and more.
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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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Atlas is producing a 40'
yellow boxcar with oxide red ends in two road numbers as part of its
ready-to-run Trainman line.. Expected:
August 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: 33313 (40' Plug Door Box Car - Green Bay Western 20001); 33314
(40' Plug Door Box Car - Green Bay Western 20015)
Retail: $11.95
Prototype info:
Forty of these yellow boxcars were on the railroad in the 1960s and 70s.
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Athearn is producing
ready-to-run models of FMC 5347 cu. ft. boxcars in GBW lettering. The
models have McHenry® couplers, metal wheels and separately applied grab
irons, brake stand, brake wheel and underbody details. They are also
making the cars in East Camden & Highland (EACH) lettering. The GBW
acquired some orange EACH cars in 1983-84 which had the logos painted out
and reporting marks changed, but otherwise unchanged. The Athearn EACH
model is close to the ex-EACH cars which were on the GBW. Expected:
September 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: 92981 (FMC 5347 Box Car - Green Bay & Western #1); 92982 (FMC
5347 Box Car - Green Bay & Western #2); 92979 (FMC 5347 Box Car - EACH
#1); 92980 (FMC 5347 Box Car - EACH #2)
Retail: $18.98
Prototype info:
GBW 16000-16299 were added to the roster in 1980. They were normally
assigned to the Proctor & Gamble paper plant in Green Bay. These cars
are outwardly identical to GBW 7000-7049 which were built by FMC at the
same time and previously available from Athearn as an HO scale model.
Fifty of the prototype GBW 16000-16299 cars went to NOKL #16100-16149
about 1993 (only reporting marks revised) and later AERC #5100-5147. The
remainder went to SSAM #25200- 25442, originally just restenciled but
fully repainted by the mid 1990s, then reassigned to WCCL #25200-25442
about 2000.
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Fox Valley Models is
producing an FMC 5347 Cu Ft single door boxcar in GBW paint with four
different road numbers. This car features etched metal end cross walks, a
simplified underframe with holes for body mounting couplers and Micro
Trains truck and couplers with low profile wheels.
Product info:
Fox Valley Models, PO Box 1970, Des Plaines, IL 60017
Web: http://www.foxvalleymodels.com/
E-mail: info@foxvalleymodels.com
Phone: (847) 813-5172
Catalog: FVM8020 (Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $16.95
Prototype info:
Fifty of these boxcars were on the GBW roster from 1979 to 1993.
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Athearn is reissuing their
ready-to-run version of GBW's 1700- series 50' outside braced boxcars in
two new road numbers. The first run of these cars was produced in 2005. Expected:
July 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: ATH92909 (HO RTR 50' PS 5277 Box, GB&W #1); ATH92910 (HO RTR
50' PS 5277 Box, GB&W #2)
Retail: $17.98
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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Accurail will be producing
an eight-panel outside braced wood boxcar kit with GB&W lettering.
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: #4114 (40' Outside Braced Boxcar - Green Bay & Western)
Retail: $12.98
Prototype info:
GBW 8000 to 8098 (odd numbers only) were built in 1930 (some sources say
1925) and had lumber doors on the 'A' end of the car. Some were sold to
paper mills and used into the 1970s.
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GBW Historical Society offers a
special run Ahnapee & Western 40' wood reefer. The model is a
custom-painted and lettered Accurail kit. Two car numbers available;
decals for three additional car numbers also offered.
Product info:
GBW Historical Society, 158 Hilltop Drive; Green Bay, WI 54301
Web: http://www.gbwhs.org/
Catalog: 1 (AHW #3001); 2 (AHW #3004)
Retail: $24.95 (1 kit) / $44.95 92 kits) plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
These five reefers (AW 3000-3004) were in service during 1948-1955 and
shipped Door County canned goods to points east and west.
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Accurail will be selling a
limited run Western Refrigerator Lines reefer at Trainfest in Milwaukee,
November 8-9 2008. The cars have the simplified lettering scheme used by
WRX in the late 1940s and 1950s. This model is a re-iusse of the limited
run produced for Trainfest 2004, with a revised reporting mark and number
font and three new road numbers. Expected:
November 8, 2008
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 (Unkown)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
WRX had approximately 400 of these wood reefers on their roster in the
1950s.
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Division Point will
import a brass Alco RS-2 model in a GB&W paint scheme. Their web site
says the models will be produced by Ajin Precision, but other sources say
Anjin Precision is no longer producing models, Expected:
unknown
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: DP-9337 (Green Bay & Western [Nos. 301-304], as-delivered)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
The GBW's RS-2s replaced mainline steam power on the GBW in the early
1950s.
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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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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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