Thursday, December 6, 2007

Our next project will be the Alamosa Trash Gondola D&RGW 06229This car was built on the flat car from under CONX tank #15 which originally ran on the C&S, When CONX #15 received a steel under frame on the Alamosa car shop in1925, the old wooden frame was used to build the trash gondola. 33 inch 4 board wooden sides were added, these sides were bolted directly to the side sills and the boards nailed to the stakes. Originally it ran on 4ft 6in arch bar trucks thought to have come from the ex-Crystal River Railroad’s Ingoldsby dump gondolas. Our model seeks to represent this car as closely as possible, it is laser cut from 3mm ply and ¼ bass wood. Additionally it will have a opening side door and be lined with styrene to represent steel sheeting. Lastly it features D&RGW 4' 6" Reefer Trucks these being the closest I can find

This kit should as with the 06413 be available very early 2008

Pictures of the preproduction model









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