SoundTraxx - Blackstone Models - HOn3 Scale - Jackson & Sharp Passenger Coaches w/Bay Windows - Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) "Chili Line" nos. 284, 306, 320 (3-Pack) (Pullman Green) (SKU 678-350112)
Available On: August 1, 2012
Limited Edition release 3-Pack of "Chili Line" Jackson & Sharp Passenger Coaches - prototypically accurate cars represent coach nos. 284, 306 and 320, with pre-installed bay windows.
These bay window coaches were used in consists throughout the 1930s on the D&RGW narrow gauge branch line running from Antonito, Colorado to Santa Fe, New Mexico, nicknamed the "Chili Line", until abandonment of the branch in the Fall of 1941. Bay windows enabled the conductor to view the train along the sides of the consist for safety observations and eliminated the need for a caboose.
The Pullman Green "Chili Line" Passenger Coaches are designed for great looks and smooth running, boasting Blackstone Models' high quality construction, which includes individual wire detailing, brake rigging, underbody detail, factory installed couplers and our free-rolling passenger trucks. Each coach comes complete with a painted and detailed interior; which includes restrooms, seating and stoves. Each coach also features electrical pickups, which can be optionally installed for the addition of the SoundTraxx-designed Coach Lighting Decoder (P.N. 810136).
From 1880 to 1882, the Denver & Rio Grande Railway ordered approximately 60 narrow gauge coaches that would become the quintessential open platform style of car used on the Colorado 3- foot gauge line well into the 1950s. Typical of D&RG(W) equipment, the coaches went through various transformations in the early years. By the early 1900s, many of the cars had been converted from the old “duckbill” style roofs to the “bullnose” style that was more prevalent in later years. In the 1920s, the cars were lowered and reinforced to accommodate safety concerns. By the 1930s, the majority of cars had been re-built with double pane windows. A handful of the coaches survived on the D&RGW into the 1960s for use on the Silverton Branch.
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