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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
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
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
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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