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N-scale Varnish Passenger Car User's Guide
 

DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN

UPDATED 14 JANUARY 2007

Click here to visit Fred Klein's excellent N-scale Passenger Car website  

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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