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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, P.O. Box 12713, Green Bay, WI 54307-2713
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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Atlas will be making an Alco
HH-600/660 locomotive. The model will be part of the silver / gold lines
and has all new tooling with separately applied details, directional
lighting, a five-pole motor with dual flywheels, and an NMRA 8-pin DCC
plug. The DCC sound-equipped version will be coming soon. Expected:
December 2008
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: 10 000 421 (HO H600 Locomotive - Without Decoder and Sound [DCC
Ready])
Retail: $149.95
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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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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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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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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GB TV Service & Trains
offers a special run of Western Refrigerator Lines 40' wood reefer
lettered for Hamilton Canning. 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: 8192 (Hamilton Canning reefer - 3-rail); 9192 (Hamilton Canning
reefer -2-rail)
Retail: $65.95 (3-rail); $70.95 (2-rail) plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
Western refrigerator Lines had billboard reefers lettered for Hamilton
Canning Company, New London, Wisconsin. Hamilton Canning was known for
sauer kraut and pickles marketed under the 'London Lodge' brand.
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Atlas will be offering their
N-scale RS-3 locomotive in GB&W paint. The loco will have the paint
scheme of the late 1950s through 1969, in two road numbers. Expected:
April, 2008
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: 42064 (ALCO RS-3 - Powered -- Green Bay & Western #305);
42065 (ALCO RS-3 - Powered -- Green Bay & Western #307)
Retail: $104.95
Prototype info:
GBW had four RS-3s on the roster during the 1950s-1970s: #305-308.
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Accurail will be selling a
limited run 40' red boxcar at Trainfest in Milwaukee, November 10-11,
2007. The model is based on their 6-panel 40' wood boxcar, 144 cars were
produced in 2002 and this new run has three new numbers. Expected:
November 10, 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: Unnown (Unnown)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
These wood boxcars were on the railroad from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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Atlas O is producing their
Alco C-424 locomotive model in powered, and unpowered versions, available
with or without sound. Expected:
January 2008
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: 1315-1 ( Powered w/TMCC 3-Rail -- GB&W #312); 1315-2 (Powered
w/TMCC 3-Rail -- GB&W #313); 3315-1 (Powered w/Sound 2-Rail --
GB&W #312); 3315-2 (Powered w/Sound 2-Rail -- GB&W #313)
Retail: TBA
Prototype info:
The GBW had eight C-424 locomotives on their roster. The Atlas model is
based on Alco's 'phase 2' production, which matches GBW #312 &
313.
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Kalmbach has a limited-run
(1500 models) Western Refrigerator Lines wood-side refrigerator car to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of Classic Toy Trains magazine. The three
rail 'O' car has tan sides and boxcar red roof and ends and has operating
ice hatches and side doors.
Product info:
Kalmbach Publishing Co., 21027 Crossroads Cir., Box 1612, Waukesha, WI
53187-1612
Web: http://www.kalmbach.com/
Phone: 800-533-6644
Catalog: #8184 (Classic Toy Trains 20th Anniversary Atlas O boxcar)
Retail: $59.95 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
This car is a commemorate scheme and does not match a specific Western
Refrigerator Lines prototype, although the lettering on the left side of
the car is very close to many billboard WRX reefers from the 1930s.
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Walthers is producing their
PROTO 1000 Alco RS-2 diesel in GBW red-and-gray paint. The model is
powered with a newly-designed power train using helical gears and a 14:1
gear ratio, and an NMRA 9 pin JST socket. Expected:
October 31, 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: 920-35100 (PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered Green Bay &
Western #1); 920-35101 (PROTO 1000 Diesel Alco RS-2 Powered - Green Bay
& Western #2)
Retail: $99.98
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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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 1691, Holland, MI 49422-1691
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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Athearn will be offering
their FMC 5,347-cubic-foot boxcar lettered for GBW's standard yellow &
black scheme. Pre-orders for the Ready-To-Roll model are due April
30, 2004 and the expected delivery date is May 2004.
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 #92503 (50' FMC 5347 Box Car GBW #1); #92504 (50' FMC 5347 Box Car
GBW #2)
Retail $17.98
Prototype info:
During the era of Itel ownership (1978-1993), these boxcars were among the
most common on the GBW. GBW 7000-7049 (50 cars)
and 16000-16299 (300 cars) are a match for the
Athearn model. Other FMC 5347 boxcars arrived second-hand in
the 1980s with minimum patching of the previous owners' logos and
reporting marks, including 8000-8199
(ex- Providence & Worchester) and 8302-8419
(ex-New Orleans Public Belt Railroad).
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Overland has announced
a brass model of an Alco RS-3 with a phase 3 car body. The model will be
fabricated by Ajin Precision
of Seoul, Korea and be factory painted in the GBW red-and-gray scheme.
(Expected during 2004.)
Product info:
Overland, 3808 W. Kilgore Ave., Muncie IN 47304
Web: http://www.overlandmodels.com/
E-mail: info@overlandmodels.com
Phone: (765) 289-4257
Catalog #087010110.1 (GBW #305-308 Phase III Carbody)
Retail $755.00
Prototype info:
The GBW had four RS-3s on its roster: #305-306 were acquired in 1951 and
#307-308 were added in 1955. The had the red and gray paint scheme until
the late 1960s when they were repainted in the simpler 'all-red' scheme
(see Loco Paint Schemes for
details). They were rebuilt with low short hoods during 1973-1976.
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MDC is producing a
ready-to-run 50' FMC plug door boxcar lettered for GBW. The boxcars are
yellow with black lettering, and red & white heralds.
Product info:
MDC, 5070 Sigstrom Drive, Carson City, NV 1993
Web: http://www.roundhousetrains.com/
E-mail: customer-service@mdcroundhouse.com
Phone: (775) 884-4388
Catalog #7632 (HO FMC Box Car)
Retail $19.98
Prototype info:
GBW 7200-7407 were delivered in 1979 and remained on the roster through
the end of the GBW in 1993.
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5th
Avenue Car Shops has announced GBW 8100-series 6-panel, steel end
wood outside braced boxcars in HO scale. Two pre-printed numbers are 8136
and 8154, with four numbers available via decals (8104, 8124, 8168, 8186).
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 $13.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The Green Bay Route had a roster of 300 single sheathed wood cars which
lasted from the 1920s - 1960s. GBW 8100-8198 (odd numbers only) were
identical to KGB 5500-5548 (odd numbers only), which 5th Avenue Car Shops
offered as a kit earlier this year.
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InterMountain
will be producing an HO ready-to-run model of a Pullman-Standard 5277
boxcar, lettered for GBW with six different road numbers. The expected
delivery date is the spring of 2004.
Product info:
InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, Colorado 80502-0839
Web: http://www.intermountain-railway.com/
E-mail: intermountain@intermountain-railway.com
Phone: (800) 472-2530
Catalog #47506
Retail $31.95
Prototype info:
GBW #1730-1759 were 50' exterior post 'Railbox' type boxcars used in the
1980s.
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Life-Like will be
producing an HO Proto 1000 Alco RS-11 diesel. Expected ship date is
January 2004.
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 #30299 (RS-11 undecorated)
Retail $95.00
Prototype info:
There was one RS-11 on the Green Bay Route, KGB&W #309. It was
delivered with a high short per the Life-Like model, but was chopped down
in 1964.
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Accurail Will be selling a
limited edition 40' PS-1 boxcar lettered in the GBW 'Packers' scheme of
the 1960s at Trainfest in Milwaukee, November 8-9, 2003. 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:
In the 1960s many of the GBW freight cars were painted yellow with a 'Home
of the Packers' logo.
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MTH is producing a
Jordan Spreader painted and lettered for the GBW 1980s-90s scheme. The
model had moveable plow wings, interior and headlight lighting, and can
operate on O-31 curves. It is available lettered for GBW X190 or X191.
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 #20-98385 (X190 or X191)
Retail $69.95
Prototype info:
The Green Bay Route acquired its solo Jordan Spreader X-190 in 1930 and it
remained on the roster into the Wisconsin Central era in the twenty-first
century.
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S Helper Service has
released a 55-ton open-top offset hopper as both a single car or a 3-pack.
The ready-to-run cars are lettered for GBW and feature injection-molded
ABS plastic bodies, a die-cast Zamac center sill, opening hopper doors,
metal grab irons, and AB brakes with an Ajax brake wheel and housing.
Product info:
S Helper Service, 77 Cliffwood Ave. Suite 7C, Cliffwood, NJ 07721
Web: http://www.showcaseline.com/
E-mail: robin@showcaseline.com
Phone: (800) 465-0303
Catalog #01112 (single car); #01111 (3-pack)
Retail $39.95
Prototype info:
The KGB acquired 401-420 in 1949. They were transferred to GBW ownership
and painted yellow by 1967. The cars were retired in 1988.
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Scale Rail Graphics
is offering a decal set for 1940-60s era freight cars. It has white GBW
and KGB lettering and both white outline and black & white heralds.
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 Green Bay Route introduced this lettering style in the 1940s and cars
used this style until they were either retired or repainted yellow with
black lettering in the 1960s. Among the cars which had this lettering
scheme: 40' wood boxcars GBW 8000-8198, 14000-14048, 15000-15098 and KGB
5000-5198, 5500-5598; hoppers GBW 4037-4075 4801-4879 and KGB 401-420; and
gondolas KGB 7001-7199.
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Micro-Trains has
reissued its N scale GBW 50-foot standard boxcar. The car has yellow
sides/ends/roof, black lettering with car number #3020, a red/white
herald, Youngstown 8-foot door, roof walk, and high ladders. This car was
originally released as GBW #3027 in October 1984.
Product info:
Micro-Trains, 351 Rogue River Parkway, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR
97540-1200
Web: http://www.micro-trains.com/
E-mail: mtl@micro-trains.com
Catalog #31130
Retail $15.30
Prototype info:
GBW 3000 to 3124 were 50' cars stretched from 40' riveted side boxcars by
American-Fletcher leasing. Over 500 similar 50-foot cars were added to the
GBW roster in 1973-74 in this paint scheme. The prototype 3000-3124
boxcars did not have high ladders nor roof walks and their Youngstown
doors were 9' wide.
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Atlas is reissuing its Alco
RS-3 in its 'Classic' line in the Green Bay & Western red & gray
paint scheme of the 1950s-60s. The loco comes with your choice of two
numbers: #305 and #307. Estimated delivery is January 2004.
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #7007 (GBW 305); #7008 (GBW 307)
Retail $94.95 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The GBW had four RS-3s on its roster: #305-306 were acquired in 1951 and
#307-308 were added in 1955. They ran long hood forward, primarily in way
freight service. They were repainted in a simpler all-red scheme about
1970 and rebuilt with low short hoods in the mid 1970s.
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GB TV Service & Trains
is producing a special run of Atlas O 40' wood Western Refrigerator Lines
reefers with billboard lettering for Reynold's Cherryland Cherries,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The cars are available with two different numbers in
2-rail and 3-rail versions.
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 #6745 (2 rail); #7745 (3 rail)
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Weaver is producing
models of two-bay offset side hoppers. The ready-to-run cars come in
2-rail and 3-rail versions and will have 12 different road numbers. They
are painted in the late 1960s-1980s yellow scheme.
Product info:
Weaver, PO Box 231, Northumberland, PA 17857
Web: http://www.weavermodels.com/
E-mail: qcweaver@ptd.net
Phone: (570) 473-9434
Catalog #U1143
Retail $32.95
Prototype info:
The KGB acquired 401-420 in 1949. They were transferred to GBW ownership
and painted yellow by 1967. The cars were retired in 1988.
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Atlas is offering its
'Classic' line Alco C-424 with a new Phase III body . It will not be
lettered for the GBW but will be available as an undecorated model.
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #9400
Retail $99.95
Prototype info:
GBW #314 was a Phase III C-424 delivered in September 1965. Alco's C-424
phase III production ran from early 1965 through 1967 and spotting
features include rear number boards notched into the car body, engine air
intake near the rear radiator is one horizontal opening, and a battery box
under the left walkway in the rear.
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5th
Avenue Car Shops is producing an Accurail custom HO 6-panel 40'
Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western boxcar kit with wood doors and
dreadnaught ends. The mold for this car is a custom combination including
the wood sides and door of the Accurail 7000-series boxcar kits along with
the ends of the 7100-boxcar kits.
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 $13.00 plus shipping costs
Prototype info:
The lettering is typical of the KGB 5500- cars as they appeared in the
late 1940s until they were retired in the late 1960s and are available pre
printed as #5518 or #5536.
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Branchline Trains
is producing a limited edition of their 40' ACF Reefer lettered for the
GBW subsidiary Western Refrigerator Lines. The cars have the simplified
scheme used in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Product info:
Branchline Trains, 333 Park Avenue, East Hartford, CT 06108
Web: http://www.branchline-trains.com/
E-mail: branchline_trains@hotmail.com
Catalog #BRA 9009
Retail $14.98
Prototype info:
WRX had approximately 400 of these wood reefers on their roster in the
1950s. The Branchline ACF car is an exact match for the unmodified cars in
WRX series 9000-9999. Cars are available in four different road numbers.
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Details West is producing
a mini-flasher rotary beacon (RB-306) suitable for GB&W locos. It is
cast in white metal with an orange styrene lens.
Product info:
Details West, P.O. Box 4852, San Dimas, CA 91773
Web: http://www.detailswest.com/
E-mail: detwest@aol.com
Catalog #RB-306
Retail $2.25
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DM Custom Decals have expanded their GBW decal line. They now have
eight GBW and one AHW decal sets in HO, plus one set in N. New HO sets
include a yellow 2-bay hopper, 52' red gondola, 50' boxcar (1970s) and a
SAFETY FIRST logo as was used above the Norwood shop building.
Product info:
DM Custom Decals, 2127 S. 11th St. Manitowoc WI 54220-6513
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Blasted Mirror has
introduced a new product for the railroad room: a colored railroad herald
on a backlit mirror. Over one hundred and twenty heralds are available,
including the GREEN BAY ROUTE on a wood framed lit mirror. Sizes and
prices start at $89.95 for a 12-inch x 12-inch mirror. The lit heralds on
the mirrors look pretty neat, especially in a low-light situation.
Product info:
Blasted Mirror, 150 Corriher Gravel Rd., China Grove, NC 28023
Web: http://www.blastedmirror.com/
E-mail: sales@blastedmirror.com
Retail $89.95 and up
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Four Ways West is
publishing 'Green Bay & Western Color Pictorial' by Andrew S. Nelson.
The book begins with a history of GB&W's last years, then covers the
entire railroad from the ferry docks in Kewaunee to the banks of the
Mississippi River.
Product info:
Four Ways West, 14618 Valley View Ave., La Mirada, CA 90638
Web: http://www.fourwayswest.com/
E-mail: jshine4449@aol.com
Retail $59.95
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GB TV Service & Trains
has introduced a set of three GBW 24' one bay hoppers.
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 #ZF314a3
Retail 162.00
Prototype info:
Originally built for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad
(#8500-#8599), Green Bay and Western acquired 25 of these cars in 1980
(#150-#174) and they received the red paint scheme of the models in early
1982. They were primarily used in maintenance of way ballast service.
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MDC is offering a
four-pack of GBW boxcars. One car is a yellow 40' AAR boxcar in yellow,
the other is a 50' green car with 'Home of the Packers' logo. Two road
numbers on each car in the four-pack.
Product info:
MDC, 5070 Sigstrom Drive, Carson City, NV 1993
Web: http://www.roundhousetrains.com/
E-mail: customer-service@mdcroundhouse.com
Phone: (775) 884-4388
Retail $40.00
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Tiger Valley is
redoing the molds of its RS-20 kits based on GBW #305-308. The company
produces a line of HO kits and ready-to-run models designed to represent
virtually all GB&W's Alco diesel units.
Product info:
Tiger Valley, c/o Guilford L. Mack, Jr., PE 1070 County Road #23, Phelps,
NY 14532
Web: http://www.lynnet.com/~tigervalley/
E-mail: tigervalley@lynnet.com
Phone: (315) 548-9021
Prototype info:
GBW RS-3's #305-308 were re-worked to RS-20's with chopped noses in
1973-76.
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GB&W PG (affiliated
with the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society) has released an
Accurail HO scale 50-foot boxcar decorated for the GB&W.
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:
The Green Bay and Western Railroad modernized its boxcar fleet in the
early 1970s with the acquisition of several hundred 50-foot boxcars
rebuilt from 40-foot cars. These cars were painted yellow with black
lettering and had the familiar red-and-white GREEN BAY ROUTE herald. They
were primarily used for paper mill service and were a common sight in GBW
trains throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as well as Ann Arbor and Chesapeake
& Ohio trains connecting via the Lake Michigan car ferries. Some cars
remained in wood chip service into the 1990s.
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Accurail will be producing a
six-panel outside braced wood boxcar kit, including one with GB&W
lettering.
Product info:
Accurail, PO Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119
Web: http://www.accurail.com/
E-mail: accurail@accurail.com
Phone: (630) 365-1173
Catalog #7007
Retail $9.98
Prototype info:
The kits are similar to a 1925 six-panel outside braced boxcar ordered by
both the Milwaukee Road and the Green Bay Route.
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Premiere Plus has an N
scale decal set for 50' single door FMC style (Railbox) boxcars. The set
has black lettering for a yellow car.
Product info:
Premiere Plus, 930 East Orangethorpe Ave., Suite C, Anaheim CA 92801
Web: http://www.thefreightyard.com/
E-mail: frtyard@flash.net
Phone: (714) 680-4791
Catalog #2102
Retail $4.50
Prototype info:
These cars appeared on the Green Bay Route in the late 1960s. The yellow
cars had black lettering and no 'Green Bay Route' herald. The decal set
says that it is valid for cars #1700-1754, but I believe the correct
numbers are 1700-1719.
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Atlas has announced new road
names for their N scale 40' wood refrigerator car, including WRX #11124
& #11125 (Kraft-Phenix Cheese).
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #41419 (WRX 11124); #41420 (WRX 11125)
Retail $16.95
Prototype info:
There is a black-and-white prototype photo of WRX #11124 on page 225 of
Stan Mailer's book.
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Atlas has re-released their
Alco C-424, updated to their 'classic' standards, including an NMRA DCC
socket. Among the C-424 phase 2 paint schemes offered are GB&W #312,
#313, and no number in red and gray.
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #9334 (GBW 312); #9335 (GBW 313); #9336 (GBW no cab number)
Retail $99.95
Prototype info:
The GB&W had eight C-424s on the roster: #311-314 and #319-322. Only
#311-314 had the red and gray paint scheme in the 1960s, and #312-314 were
phase 2 units.
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MDC has an N gauge
ready-to-run 4-pack which includes a GBW FMC series 'paint-out' boxcar.
Product info:
MDC, 5070 Sigstrom Drive, Carson City, NV 1993
Web: http://www.roundhousetrains.com/
E-mail: customer-service@mdcroundhouse.com
Phone: (775) 884-4388
Catalog #89426
Prototype info:
The cars were ex-Providence & Worchester, with the herald and
reporting marks painted out.
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The Freight Yard is a
offering a GB&W 50' single door boxcar painted green with white
lettering and a 'Home Of The Packers' logo on the car sides. The car is a
custom printed Micro Trains car.
Product info:
The Freight Yard, 930 East Orangethorpe Ave. Suite C, Anaheim, CA 92801
Web: http://www.thefreightyard.com/
E-mail: frtyard@flash.net
Phone: (714) 680-4791
Catalog #2206
Retail $23.75
Prototype info:
The cars were built in the 1960s. Most were painted yellow by the early
1970s.
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Walthers has released a 37'
Trinity two bay covered hopper kit. The HO scale kit has a one-piece body
with end ladders molded in place, separate hatches, a thin profile
roofwalk and other add-on details. Working knuckle couplers and
free-rolling trucks are included with each kit. The car is lettered for
GBW 6059. It is painted gray with only black reporting marks (no herald,
no name) and car data in black and red.
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 #932-5419
Retail $12.98
Prototype info:
The cars were built in the early 1990s for sand service out of Taylor.
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Midwest 'N' Pioneer MRC
is selling a two-pack version of Micro-Trains N scale 50-foot boxcars
painted and lettered for the Green Bay & Western with SSAM overprint
reporting marks.
Product info:
Midwest 'N' Pioneer MRC, 2700 Roosevelt Road, Broadview IL 60153
Web: http://www.midwestnpioneer.org/
E-mail: staff@midwestnpioneer.org
Retail $40.00 plus shipping costs
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Hobbycraft announced it
will be making an 'N' Alco C-424 diesel. The new model will have the
proper trucks, side frames, wheel base and wheels (it will not be based on
a GP-20 chassis as some had speculated) and available in CN and CP
lettering. The limited edition will only be run once and only 1,260 units
are to be made.
Product info:
Hobbycraft, 140 Applewood Crescent, Concord, Ontario L4K 4E2
Web: http://www.hobbycraft.com/
Phone: (905) 738-6556
Catalog #LL 44262 (CN 3218); #LL 44263 (CN 3235)
Retail $150.30 Can.
Prototype info:
The GB&W had eight C-424s on the roster: #311-314 and #319-322.
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Walthers offers a
ready-to-run 56' Thrall-Door boxcar lettered for the Green Bay &
Western. The car is ready-to-run as a single car #52 and in a limited run
two-pack of #53 and #55.
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 #932-7017 (GBW 52); #932-27017 (GBW 53)
Retail $19.98
Prototype info:
The Walthers car is of an earlier style Thrall car while the GBW fleet was
of more recent vintage (circa 1973). The main difference between the older
and newer cars was the sizes of the doors. Older cars such as the Walthers
model have different size doors with the far right door being one foot
wider than the far left door. The two middle doors are within a few inches
of the far left door width. On newer Thrall cars, all doors appear to be
the same size.
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Sunshine offers molded urethane craftsman kits for 40-foot single
sheathed boxcars built for the Milwaukee Road and Green Bay & Western
in 1925. Kit #47.4 comes with decals, but no trucks and couplers.
Product info:
Sunshine, P.O. Box 4997, Springfield MO 65808-4997
Catalog #47.4
Retail $28.00
Prototype info:
The GBW and Milwaukee Road had a fleet of 8'-7' inside height single door
boxcars. The GBW tagged onto the Milwaukee's order in 1925 and acquired
200 identical cars. The cars became the GBW 6000-6298 and KGBW 5500-5598
series, using even numbers only. 146 of these cars lasted to 1948. In 1965
GBW still had 21 cars in service, and two of them remained until the
1970s.
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Whistle Stop
produces a limited edition HO scale KGBW #402 open hopper. The cars are
custom finished and decaled.
Product info:
Whistle Stop, 1313 West Britton Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73114
Web: http://www.whistlestoptrains.com/
E-mail: WhistleStopTrns@aol.com
Phone: (800) 466-0388 (PIN# 1835)
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Walthers is producing
ready-to-run HO ALCO FA-1 sets (#503-KGB&W & #507-GB&W).
Walthers is also producing kits for 50' FGE style 50' RBL insulated box
car (GBW #22091) in HO. Both are limited runs.
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 #22091 (boxcar)
Retail $11.98
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Roberta J. Niesz
Product info:
Roberta J. Niesz, 1715 B. Avenue N.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Prototype info:
is a source of black and white photo postcards featuring many of
GB&W's depots. These photos are good references for modelers or
railfans. You will receive a list which will have almost every town that
had a depot at one time or another. Send $1.00 with a request for the
Wisconsin depot list.
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MDC
Product info:
MDC, 5070 Sigstrom Drive, Carson City, NV 1993
Web: http://www.roundhousetrains.com/
E-mail: customer-service@mdcroundhouse.com
Phone: (775) 884-4388
Prototype info:
has 50' FMC 12' plug door boxcar in GB&W paint (yellow body, red,
white & black markings).
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Scale Rail Graphics
has released their first Green Bay & Western decals: The GB&W
Diesel Set includes a variety of numbers and logo styles for red &
white engines used from 1970 on. It will also include graphics for named
engines #309 H. Weldon McGee and #312 Homer E. McGee. The set will decal
one complete engine. The GB&W Caboose Set includes reporting marks,
lube boxes and Green Bay Route logos. Each set will decal 6 cabooses.
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 #31009 (caboose set); #31010 (diesel set)
Retail $3.00
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Atlas has re-released their
HO RS-11 locomotive. Although not available in GB&W paint, an
undecorated model will be available. They have metal grab irons, MU hoses,
and metal coupler lift bars and come DCC ready.
Product info:
Atlas, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205
Web: http://www.atlasrr.com/
E-mail: parts@atlasrr.com
Phone: (800) 872-2521
Catalog #8770
Retail $94.95
Prototype info:
There was one RS-11 on the Green Bay Route, KGB&W #309.
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Branchline Trains
is offering models of ACF 40' wood reefers built for URTX & C&NW.
Car numbers are WRX 9302, 9338, and 9353.
Product info:
Branchline Trains, 333 Park Avenue, East Hartford, CT 06108
Web: http://www.branchline-trains.com/
E-mail: branchline_trains@hotmail.com
Catalog #1211
Retail $14.94
Prototype info:
After the heyday of the billboard era these cars served in large numbers
on the GB&W.
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Branford Hobbies has undecorated kits of an Alco HH-660 available.
The body is a thermal cure plastic resin shell with a custom metal frame
and handrails. It uses an Athearn dual flywheel, four axle, eight wheel
drive with custom side frames.
Product info:
Branford Hobbies
Retail $99.00
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DM Custom Decals has decals for GB&W hood diesels and HO decals
for ballast cars. Also has HO & N sets for the C&O carferries
Badger & Spartan. Send #10 SSAE with $0.55 postage for details.
Product info:
DM Custom Decals, 2127 S. 11th St. Manitowoc WI 54220-6513
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Life-Like will be
producing an HO Proto 2000 Alco S-1 switcher. Includes an interior cab
with crew and photo etched grills. Expected ship date is October 2001.
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 #23736
Retail $110.00
Prototype info:
The Green Bay Route operated two S-1 switchers, a KGB&W #103
(1941-1968) and GB&W #102 (1949-1968). #103 was a 'Phase-1' S-1, and
#102 was a 'Phase-2.' The Phase-1 unit, #103, had a flush radiator and
smaller, more numerous radiator shutter slats, as well as a round radiator
fan housing.
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