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NG Reefer Roster

The D&RGW Scenic Line's
Narrow Gauge Refrigerator & Ventilated Boxcar Roster

Class 4r 30' 20-Ton Reefers #32-81
D&RGW Roster	Color	End Color	Underframe	Hinges	Modeler / Owner	CC
Royal Gorge Herald
32	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	TomG	-
32	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	DanielS	-
43	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	GaryM	-
Moffat Tunnel Herald
46	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	GaryM	-
48	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	GlennG	-
56	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	GaryM	-
59	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	KentS	-
Flying Rio Grande Herald
51	Yellow	Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Yellow	TomG	-
Notes: Built by the D&RG in 1908, rebuilt by the D&RGW in 1926, with Murphy roofs and altered needle beams. 4'8" wheelbase 20 Ton archbar trucks (Photo Credit: PBL) Royal Gorge Herald applied in 1926. In 1936, a few Royal Gorge/Moffat Tunnel Heralds applied. Flying Rio Grande lettering added, beginning in 1939. Kits: Precision Scale Co. PK-607, PK-608, TOMALCO

Class 5r 40' 25-Ton Reefers #150-169
D&RGW Roster	Manufacturer	Side/End Color	Underframe	Hinges	Notes	Modeler / Owner	CC
152		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
153		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
156		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
157		Orange/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Orange			-
159		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
160		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
163		Orange/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Orange			-
165		Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black			-
166		Orange/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Orange			-
167		Orange/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Orange			-
168		Orange/Black	Black	Orange			-
169		Yellow/Black	Black	Black			-


Notes: #151-161 were built by the D&RGW in September 1924. #162-169 were built in July 1926. Some of these cars were repainted orange in 1949. 4'8" wheelbase Andrews trucks (Photo Credit: PBL) Royal Gorge Herald applied in 1926. In 1936, a few Royal Gorge/Moffat Tunnel Heralds applied. Flying Rio Grande lettering added, beginning in 1939. Kits: Precision Scale Co. #10642, #10646, Alamosa Car Kits Gold Line

1909 Colorado & Southern Composite Underframe 30' Reefers #500-519 Bettendorf Trucks

Road - Number	Manufacturer	Side/End Color	Underframe	Hinges	Modeler/Owner	Notes	CC
C&S 515	Micro Trains	Yellow/Oxide Red	Oxide Red	Black	AlexM		-
C&S 1101	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	DanielS		-
C&S 1112	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	AlexM		-
C&S 1113	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	GaryM		-
C&S 1114	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	AlexM		-
C&S 1115	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	DanielS		-
C&S 1115	Micro Trains	Brown/Brown	Brown	Brown	GaryM		-
Notes: Renumbered 1100-1119 & repainted boxcar brown by the Colorado & Southern in 1912. Circular C&S button herald applied in 1927. 3 were transferred to the Rio Grande Southern Railway (RGS) and renumbered #2101 -2103 in 19xx. C&S Freight car trucks (Photo Credit: PBL) Kits: Micro-Trains Line. #850 00 001; 041,042,051,052

References:

"A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 1871 to 1981," by Robert Sloan
"Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Refrigerator Cars, Stock Cars and Tank Cars of the D&RGW Volume IV," by Robert Grandt
"Official Roster of the Denver and Rio Grande Western System and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company, 1923," by the Colorado Railroad Museum
Colorado & Southern data from Micro-Trains.com

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