The Colorado & Southern "Type III" Box Car in "Sn3"... Another highly accurate Narrow Gauge Model Kit in "FineScale Sn3" from P-B-L. All injection molded, of course! Click here for more info and some GREAT PHOTOS too!

~ Latest Update Sunday, December 24, 2017 ~

~ C & S Type III Box Car ~

   The model seen in these photos was built for us by our old friend, Bill Schaefer .
   Representing C&S numbers 8100-8399, these Type III cars had cast steel Bettendorf trucks, these Type III cars were comparable to the best built standard gauge cars of the day, complete with very modern all-steel underframes...
   Worthy of note is these cars were first introduced by Overland Models back in the 1980's... We acquired the tooling for the OMI kit line some years ago, but didn't release the Boxcars and Gondolas immediately due to some issues we had with a couple of the moulds...
   The kits now come equipped with our own C&S Cast Steel Trucks, a redesigned Brake Shot ( Still one piece though. ) and the NEW Train Line to Brake Cylinder crossover pipe which is a one piece lost-wax brass casting that FITS.    This model weighs in at right about 3.5 ounces. It comes complete with the accurately scaled, easy-to-assemble, ( Read Snap Together ) free rolling "Bettendorf" Type "Cast Steel" Trucks, moulded in that engineering plastic we use for this purpose, "Celcon", and of course, the Industry Leading P-B-L Coined Brass, detailed on both sides, Nickel Plated Wheelsets.
   All parts of this model kit, save for the hand grabs, cross-over piping and wheelsets are injection moulded in high impact styrene plastic. Proper Thin Filmed Decals and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers are included too, of course...