HELLO...
looking for info and pictures of any RDG autorack cars that existed. I remember seeing one black-white photo of a car being loaded? There is nothing in the freight car book.

I have one model, but it's pretty generic and happens to be lettered for RDG. Saw a couple of Accurail open rack cars at a local show and was thinking of getting them to turn into some RDG cars... if we had them.

Looking for anything 1970 or before.
THANKS!

Letter dated 2-9-1961 says the RDG leased 20 bi-level flatcars from TTX. Built new by Pullman Standard. The cars were 87'-4" low deck flatcars. RDG Diamond applied- 1 per side was 42"X 28". Auto racks were built be Parish Pressed Steel at RDG Pa. They were assigned as follows from either Fairlane Ohio and Chester, PA. or Wixom, Mich. and Chester, PA.

200219-200224 were assigned "When Empty Return to C&O RR Wixom, Michigan".

200225-200238 "When Empty Return to NYC RR Fairlane, Ohio".

Cars were routed as follows.
Fairlane Ohio and Chester, PA routing NYC-Newberry Jct-RDG.
Wixom, Mich. and Chester, PA. routing C&O Buffalo-LV East Penn Jct-RDG.

John Caples

Barry, I have a negative of one of these cars. It's not the best as far as quality goes, I'll get it scanned and post it for you this weekend.

Thanks John for the great info!
John also sent me some drawings of the cars (could not upload them here for some reason?), which do not match the one I have. May have to "de-letter" it and sell it off.

I have taken the drawing sent by John and pieced it together (he could only scan a section at a time).... thanks again JOhn.

Now... who knows what models match this as close as possible? The quest continues.....

THANKS Ron!!

I have wanted to model one of these Autorack flatcars for years. The problem is that nobody makes a Pullman Standard low deck flatcar that has an inside sidesill that the frame members wrap upward on the front of the sidesill.

So how prototypical should it be? Do I go ahead and use the Accurail car? Both the autorack itself and the flatcar are wrong! But do I use it as a "stand in" until something else comes along. Someone years ago someone had a kit they were selling (AT the ST Louis swap meet)that was a 4 section autorack similar to the Dana Rack. Wish I would've bought one now!

John Caples