Manufacturer:
River Raisin Models
Category:
Refrigerator Car, Milk
Prototype Manufacturer:
Pfaudler
Road Name:
General American Pfaudler (GPEX)
Model Introduced:
1990
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted
Prototype Dimensions:
47'
Notes:
There were a total of 70 of these models built by Ajin Precision of Korea, and imported by Overland Models for River Raisin Models. The models were factory-painted green but not lettered. The box included ten private road name decals (see the photos for examples). The small loading doors are sprung. The model included the correct Barber S-1-L-P high speed trucks. There is a product review in the October 1990 issue of the 3/16 "S"cale Railroading magazine. One additional model was imported that was unpainted.
Manufacturer:
River Raisin Models
Manufacturer ID:
OMI-1683
Category:
Refrigerator Car, Milk
Prototype Manufacturer:
Pfaudler
Prototype Year/Era:
1947
Road Name:
General American Pfaudler (GPEX)
Model Introduced:
1990
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted
Prototype Dimensions:
40'
Notes:
There were a total of 144 of these models built by Ajin Precision of Korea, and imported by Overland Models for River Raisin Models. The models were factory-painted green but not lettered, as shown in the second photo. The box included ten private road name decals (see the other photos for examples). The small loading doors are sprung. The prototype milk tank cars contained two tanks inside the body, much like the Linde gas tanks inside a standard box car. The model included the correct Barber S-1-L-P high-speed trucks. One additional model was imported that was unpainted.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Refrigerator Car, Milk
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1990
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWM-0034
Category:
Refrigerator Car, Milk
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1990
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
This model of the NYC express milk car arrived unpainted, and was manufactured in Korea by Duck-Yoo Corp. The model is very similar to the SouthWind Models #0033, except that the doors are different on this one.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWSE-2
Category:
Refrigerator Car, Milk
Road Name:
Rutland (RUT)
Road Number:
340
Model Introduced:
1990
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The originally unpainted model was made in Korea by Duck-Yoo Corp. Two sets of 15 models each were produced.