Portland Car & Foundry
506 N.W. 5th Ave. #203
Portland, OR 97209
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Model Photograph Descriptions. Click on Description for Image:
- Great
Northern Difco Ballast Car, Original Walthers run, decaled with Portland
Car & Foundry set 100-80-7050. Data researched from photographs
provided by the Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
- Great
Northern round roof baggage car #334 is built using only the sides and
ends of an Athearn baggage car. All other parts are sourced from Bethlehem
Car Works, Detail Associates, Kadee Products, American Limited, Precision
Scale Castings, and Cal-Scale. The decal set is PC&F 100-80-0344.
- Great
Northern clerestory roof baggage car #344 is built using the Athearn
baggage car body. All other parts are sourced from Bethlehem Car Works,
Detail Associates, Kadee Products, American Limited, Precision Scale
Castings, and Cal-Scale. The decal set is PC&F 100-80-0344.
- Great
Northern clerestory roof, truss rod baggage car #419 and similar truss rod
baggage cars, are built using the Athearn baggage car body. Bethlehem Car
Works, Detail Associates, Kadee Products, American Limited, Custom
Finishing, Labelle Products, Precision Scale Castings, and Cal-Scale are
primary sources for parts. The decal set used is PC&F 100-80-9529.
- Great Northern
clerestory roof baggage car #423 is a composite of two Athearn baggage
cars, and is similar truss rod baggage cars operated on the G.N. This car
is built using two small door ends from Athearn baggage car bodies.
Bethlehem Car Works, Detail Associates, Kadee Products, American Limited,
Custom Finishing, Labelle Products, Precision Scale Castings, and
Cal-Scale are primary sources for parts. The decal set used is PC&F
100-80-9529.
- Two
wood chip cars constructed from MDC 50 ft. auto car box cars with end
loading doors. These cars suggest a series operated by the Great Northern,
supplementing drop bottom gondolas. This style car gradually disappeared
after Gunderson and other car builders developed 60 ft. cars.
- Walthers 30 ton crane
rebuilt as a steam crane using Car-Scale and Precision Scale parts and
custom finishing bucket. Kadee wheel sets and couplers are standard. Crane
is a special order item with only a few remaining in stock.
- String of
SP&S 39000 series wood chip cars, fabricated from Accurail USRA box
cars. Andrews trucks with Kadee wheel sets, red wood or bass wood
extensions. Decal set is a production set, not sold to the model railroad
industry.
- Another
photograph of GN #423. These cars are rebuilds of rebuilt coaches.
- Another
photograph of GN #474.
- String
of GN 69000 series log flat cars. Although slightly shorter than the
prototype, these cars meet a need for cars different in appearance than
the Kadee skeleton log cars. A hidden metal frame adds weight, as does the
Bethlehem Car Works cast metal trucks.
- String
of Puget Sound & Pacific truss rod flat cars. The 15000 series rides
on Kadee T-section Bettendorf trucks. The shorter 36 ft. and 38 ft. flats
ride on Kadee Arch bar, Andrews, or T-Section Bettendorf trucks.
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