According to at least one text, these cars were stenciled for the PSC Cherokee power plant service and had the Reddy Kilowatt logo aplied in a circular 'decal' that also indicated "A load of Routt County Coal" or something similar. We are looking to locate clear photos of the stencil and the decal. If we can locate good shots we can get Trainworx to produce these. Personally, I'd like to get a fleet of these cars. These would make my Rio Grande coal trains as near complete as I care for. HELP!
Wow... A tough call.. RailARC Search shows a few, but no detail shots, and nothing that seems to suggest the Reddy Kilowatt or Routt County Coal....
Unfortunately those all look like re-numbered units and/or simplified re-paints. The logo and RK were in a circular format in the center panel between the 'o' and the 'G' in Rio Grande. The PSC stencil appears to be on the far left below the 'D' in the reporting marks. These were 1963 deliveries. One is shown in Jim Eager's color guide. Unfortunately it is very dirty so the logo/decal is illegible. I can almost make out the stencil with a slide viewer.
Hi George, Check out the microscale decal sheet 87-816 which includes the logo towards the center about 2/3rds down on the sheet. Might as well check out an HO set or even bigger O guage 48-364. Hopefully it helps. Chuck
Hi George, I haven't heard about the specific serie you are mentionning. I jump on the soapbox to ask if Trainworx has ever released the Quad hopper with simplified DRGW marks like the one http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=596283 I would love to have some of those
Reddy Kilowatt MDC/Roundhouse once produced their Ortner 5 Bay hoppers in Missouri Public Service with Reddy Kilowatt on the side. I've a fourty car unit train of them. A great looking car and the train is an attention getter at shows.
Very nice weathering on that quad! Had that been on a diorama, I may have had a hard time distinguishing it from the real thing!
I assume that is a Trainworx quad. Dang, if it wasn't for the wheels and couplers, I'd think it was an HO model! In fact it almost looks better than the Walthers HO quad, which is the same car but with the angle iron stiffenrs on the top chord.
