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Added August 2015:
O-27 Boxcar (O)
Menards is producing their O gauge 40' boxcar in a Green Bay & Western lettering scheme.
Added July 2015:
40' Wood Reefer (HO)
Athearn is producing their HO 40' wood reefer in a Western Refrigerator Lines paint scheme in three road numbers. The ready-to-run model in Athearn's Roundhouse line.
WRX Reefer Decals (O)
Protocraft has two decal sets for O scale Western Refrigerator Lines wood refrigerator cars. One set is for reefers in the 1929-1950s as-delivered scheme, and another set is for reefers in the 1940s-1960s scheme.
Added June 2015:
Embroidered jackets
Daylight Sales has jackets with an embroidered Green Bay Route logo on the front. They are available either mid-weight or 3-in-1 with a zip out lining and removable hood, sizes adult small through 6XL.
GB&LP Headquarters
The headquarters of the Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railroad still stands in Green Bay today.
Added May 2015:
40' PS-1 boxcar with 6' door (N)
Atlas is producing its 40' PS-1 boxcar in a GBW paint scheme with two road numbers.
50' yellow boxcar (N)
Atlas is producing a 50' boxcar in a yellow GBW paint scheme with two road numbers.
Added March 2015:
GBW 917 (1978.10.14)
GBW #900-949 were the first yellow boxcars on the railroad.
KGB X190 (ca. 1945)
Steam locomotive #351, Jordan Spreader X-190 and a couple of freight cars were involved in a derailment in Sawyer, Wisconsin in the mid-1940s.
Chiseled-Side' Hopper (HO)
Resin Car Works will be producing a HO scale resin kit for a 'chiseled side' twin hopper, an exact match for KGB/GBW #401-420.
DVD: Midwest Regionals in the 1980s and 1990s (2014)
GB&W yard switching, road trains and even a ride on the City of Midland 41 rail and car ferry across Lake Michigan are featured.
Added January 2015:
1960s PS-1 boxcar (HO)
Kadee is rerunning their ready-to-run HO scale Pullman-Standard PS-1 40' boxcar in a 1967 GB&W paint scheme.
La Crosse Map (1905)
Dick Johnson, a rail historian in La Crosse, shared this map and info on the Green Bay & Western RR in La Crosse.
Caboose #608 (1969.06.06)
GBW #608 at Green Bay, June 6, 1969. This is the last known photo of this caboose.
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