Can anyone point me in the direction of a HO model of a UP/SP FE R70-13 reefer? I looked at Intermountain but that seems to be one of the classes not actually done. Athearn have done a Reefer in UP/SP FE paint but don't mention it's class... Anyone able to advise? Thanks in advance.
I have heard that the Athearn cars are R70-20. Do you have a photo of an R70-13? How different do they look from the Athearn reefer?
Nobody makes an exact model of the R70-13, the closest model is the Red Caboose (Now Intermountain) R70-15. The major difference is the R70-15 had a 9' Door and the R70-13 had a 8' Door which would require a lot of changes to the model. Attached is a list of PC&F RR70 cars as produced by Jim Eager on the MFCL Modelers Group. The Red Caboose cars could be used for classes R70-13 to R70-19 as they had a peaked roof. The R70-20 to R70-25 cars had a flat roof. PC&F 57ft mech reefers identified by closest PFE class R-70-13 PFE 450001-451000 1000 PCF -63 8YPD HC20 TO SPFE 450001-450250 TO UPFE 450251-450500 TO SPFE 450501-450750 TO UPFE 450751-451000 BAR 100-149 50 PCF 5-63 8YPD HC20 NPM 526-550 25 PCF 6-63 8YPD HC20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780000-780023 NWMX 61000-61099 100 PCF 7-63 8YPD HC20 CNW; TO CNW 61000-61099 RMDX 500-599 100 PCF -63 8YPD HC20 ART; TO ARMN 500-599 WFCX 8200-8299 100 PCF -63 8YPD HC20 GN; TO BNFE 8200-8299 R-70-14 PFE 451001-452000 1000 PCF -64 9YPDXV HC20/FM20 TO SPFE 451001-451500 HC20 TO UPFE 451501-452000 FM20 BAR 150-249 100 PCF 7-64 9YPDXV HC20 TO UPFE 461201-461273 R-70-28 NPM 551-620 20 PCF 7-64 9YPDXV HC20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780024-780092 NPM 621-625 5 PCF -64 9YPDXV HC20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780093-780097 RMDX 600-700 100 PCF 6=7-64 9YPDXV HC20 ART; TO ARMN 600-700 WFCX 8300-8499 200 PCF 7-64 9YPDXV HC20 GN; TO BNFE 8300-8499 R-70-15 PFE 452001-453500 1500 PCF -65 9YPDXV HC20/FM20 TO SPFE 452751-453500 HC20 TO UPFE 452001-452750 FM20 BAR 94-99 6 PCF 9-65 9YPDXV HC20 BAR 250-299 50 PCF 9-65 9YPDXV HC20 TO UPFE 461301-462344 R-70-29 MEC 1-2 2 PCF 4-65 9YPDXV FM10? NPM 626-630 5 PCF -65 9YPDXV HC20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780098-780102 NPM 631-725 95 PCF 8-65 9YPDXV HC20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780103-780197 RMDX 701-775 75 PCF 5-65 9YPDXV HC20 ART; TO ARMN 701-775 RMDX 776-850 75 PCF 3-65 9YPDXV HC20 ART; TO ARMN SOO 10000-10018E 10 PCF 5-65 9YPDXV FM10 TO WC 10000-10018E WFCX 8500-8799 300 PCF 8-65 9YPDXV HC20 GN; TO BNFE 8500-8799 R-70-16 PFE 453501-455500 2000 PCF -66 9YPDXV/YPDX/LPDX HC20/KS20 LAST 800 CARS W/O RUNNING BOARDS TO SPFE 453501-454500 HC20 TO UPFE 454501-455500 KS20 ARR 11500-11511 12 PCF 3-66 9YPDX BKTY 1-50 50 PCF 3-66 9YPDXV HC20 MKT EL 5000-5019 20 PCF 1-66 9YPDXV HC20 TO CR 359001-359038 & 360000-360048 NPM 726-875 150 PCF 6-66 9YPDXV KS20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780198-780345 R-70-17 PFE 455501-456000 500 PCF -67 9YPDX KS20 TO UPFE 455501-456000 R-70-18 PFE 456001-456500 500 PCF -67 9YPDX/LPDX HC20 TO SPFE 456001-456500 R70-17/18 BAR 11000-11049 50 PCF 12-67 9YPDX TO UPFE 461351-461291 R-70-30 NPM 876-975 100 PCF 6-67 9YPDX KS20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780346-780445 NPM 1500-1599 100 PCF 12-67 9YPDX KS20 NP; TO WFCX/BNFE 780446-780542 RMDX 851-1050 200 PCF 9-67=68 9YPDX HC20 ART; TO ARMN 851-1050 WFCX 8800-8979 180 PCF 6-67 9YPDX HC20 GN; TO BNFE 8800-8979 R-70-19 PFE 456501-456900 400 PCF -68 9YPDX KS20/HC20 TO UPFE 456501-456700 TO REMX 1001-1183 TO SLC 351002-351141 EL 5020-5039 20 PCF 12-67=68 9YPDX HC20 TO CR 359001-359038 & 360000-360048 R-70-20 PFE 456901-458100 1200 PCF -69 10-6YPX HC/KS20 PFE 458701-459300 600 PCF -70 10-6YPX HC20 TO SPFE 456901-457400 HC20 TO UPFE 457501-458100 KS20 TO SPFE 458701-459300 HC20 TO FGMR 13000-13450+ NPM 1600-1649 50 PCF 6-69 10-6YPX KS20 TO WFCX/BNFE 780543-780592 SFRC 55400-55699 300 PCF 7=8-69 10-6YPX SC20 RR-91 SFRC 57000-57099 100 PCF 7=8-69 10-6YPX SC20 RR-92; 15 TO SLC 100-114 SOO 10020-10038E 10 PCF 7-69 10-6YPX KS20 WFCX 9000-9024 25 PCF 8-69 10-6YPX TO BNFE 9000-9024 WFCX 9025-9199 175 PCF 8-69 10-6YPX KS20? TO BNFE 9025-9199 WFCX 9200-9249 50 PCF 6-70 10-6YPX HC20 TO BNFE 9200-9249 BAR 11100-11149 50 PCF 6-70 9YPDX HC20 TO WSOR 11100-11149 BAR 11200-11249 50 PCF 8-70 9YPDX HC20 TO WSOR 11200-11249; TO GBW 11200-11249 R-70-21 PFE 458101-458700 600 PCF -69 10'6YPX KS20 TO UPFE 458101-458700 MILW 9800-9899 100 PCF 5-71 10'6YPX KS20 60 CARS TO SLC 140-199 R-70-22 PFE 459301-459400 100 PCF -70 10'6YPX HC20 R-70-23 PFE 459401-459500 100 PCF -70 10'6YPX KS20 TO UPFE 459401-459500 R-70-24 SPFE 459501-460100 600 PCF -71 10'6YPX HC20 R-70-25 UPFE 460101-460700 600 PCF -71 10'6YPX KS20 R-70-24/25 BNFE 9300-9699 400 PCF 5=6-71 10-6YPX KS20 MILW 9900-9999 100 PCF -73 10-6YPX KS20 Rick Jesionowski
Thanks for the info! I heard a rumour about the Athearn being a -20 too After visiting Colorado RR Museum and seeing UP 906958, a MOW bunk car, a colleague of mine was interested in making one to go with the recently acquired UP MOW hoppers he'd bought. I managed to trace the history of the car to being a R70-13 and like the prototype thought a model of the same would be an ideal starting point... If the only major difference is the door dimension I suspect he could probably live with basing it on a R70-15 model, I know I could, and at the end of the day i'll refer to rule #1! Thanks again!
Please remember that Intermountain has two different PC&F Reefers. One: The ex-Red Caboose R70-15 (Also the Con-Cor car is the same without detailing if you can find one). Two: Their own model of the R70-20 (Same as Athearn's car but better detailing). Rick Jesionowski
