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D&RG 1878 Standard Box Car

The D&RG owned more of this 10 ton 24' box car than any other box car in its history. There were 2,505 cars of this type on the railroad. The popular modern 3000 series of 30' cars from 1903-1904 only numbered 750 units! The cars were built from 1878-1883. The cars built in 1878 were numbered 2167-2296. During 1880, the D&RG built 710 additional cars which were numbered 2351 to 3060. During 1881 1066 more cars numbered 3100-3765 and 4500-4999 were constructed. Another 500 cars were fabricated in 1882 and numbered 3766-4265. The last 101 cars were constructed in 1883 and numbered 4266 to 4366.
The D&RG used at least 5 different styles of lettering on these cars, which allows you great latitude in your modeling. The cars were also sold to the RGS, the Silverton Railroad and the Silverton Northern Railroad.
The hardware on the cars was supplied by Billmeyer & Small of York, Pennsylvania. The exterior of the cars was finished in 6" T&G, while the roof was finished in a special double course of beaded 1" stock. However, to provide a more scale appearance, the model uses a single thickness of wood laser-scored to resemble the roof of the prototype.
The model includes laser-cut parts for all the wood portions of the car, fully illustrated instructions, brass and plastic hardware parts and other details to make a contest quality model. Decals, trucks and couplers are not included. We suggest the use of HOn3 couplers on your model. When the cars were manufactured, link and pin couplers were installed on them.

29417 - HO Scale
D&RG 1878 Standard Box Car
$ tba

D&RG 1878 Standard Box Car

29417 - HO Scale

D&RG 1878 Standard Box Car

$ tba

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