This run is a good example of how auto parts boxcars are owned and routed. There are no assembly plants located on the Rio Grande, however they are on the route from midwestern plants and those on the west coast. Therefore, within a multi-railroad pool of cars, Rio Grande contributed a proportion of the fleet. Since
these pools encompass plants across the country, Rio Grande cars could circulate between Ohio and Missouri for years for instance and never ride the Rio Grande! This applies to every roadname. The key when modeling a realistic auto parts train is to have a wide variety of road names in your train.

These cars feature:
► Injection molded plastic bodies
► Etched metal details
► Operating knuckle couplers
► Accurately appearing trucks and cushion draft gear enclosures.