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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN

UPDATED 14 JANUARY 2007
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The following are cars that can be accurately modeled currently in N-scale using available car sides, kits and R-T-R models models.  The list below are recommendations only, based on the best information that I have on-hand.  If you know of additions or corrections that need to be made, or know of suitable decals for lettering these cars, please email me by Clicking Here.

The most famous train of the Rio Grande was the California Zephyr, which comprised cars owned by the three member roads (Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific) and one sleeper used as a part of a transcontinental routing owned by the Pennsylvania.  See those pages for more information on the cars used.

Below is a list of links for the manufacturers featured on this page:

American Limited Models	NKP Car	Kato USA
Inter-Mountain Railway		Union Station Products*

NEW LISTINGS ARE NOTED IN GOLD.

SERIES	CAR TYPE	Maker - ITEM #	NOTES
1100 Silver Antelope	Budd baggage - express	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1105 Silver Bronco	Budd dome - coach	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1106 Silver Colt   1107 Silver Mustang	Budd dome - coach	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1108 Silver Pony	Budd dome - coach	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1115 Silver Banquet	Budd dining car	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1120 Silver Aspen 4   1121 Silver Pine 4	Budd 16-section	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1130 - 1134 Silver-series 1	Budd 10 Rmt - 6 DBR	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1140 Silver Shop	Budd Dome - buffet lounge - dorm	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1145 Silver	Budd dome - sleeper obs.	Kato R-T-R 3	California Zephyr
1230, 1231	P.S. baggage - dorm - coach	USP 7601*	ex-C&O
1240 - 1247	P.S. 52-seat coach	IM CCS6901   USP 7600*	ex-C&O
1270 - 1273 Named 2	P.S. 5 Rmt - 6 DBR - 5 sect sleeper	NKP Car   USP 4167*	ex-C&O
1280, 1281	P.S. diner - lounge	USP 7608*	ex-C&O
1290 - 1292	P.S. lunch counter - lounge	USP 7596*	ex-C&O

Abbreviations:

	A.C.F. - American Car and Foundry	DBR - double bedroom	obs. - observation
	BE - blunt end	DR - drawing room	P.S. - Pullman - Standard
	Comp - compartment	Dup - duplex	Sect - section
	Dorm - dormitory	HW - heavyweight	SR - single room

* - It should be noted that the Union Station Products are Craftsman-level kits.  Some clean-up of parts and assembly is required, and care must be exercised when assembling these sides because of the delicate parts.

Note 1:  The Budd 10 - 6 sleepers in the 1130 - 1134 series carried the following names:

Silver Creek	Silver Glacier	Silver Gorge	Silver Pass	Silver Summit

Note 2:  The P.S. 10 - 6 sleepers in the 1270 - 1273 series carried the following names:

1270 Brigham Young	1271 David Moffat	1272 Heber C. Kimball	1273 John Evans

Note 3:  These cars are represented in Kato's offering of California Zephyr cars.

Note 4:  Cars 1120 and 1121 were rebuilt to 48-seat coaches.

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