Current HO Scale Car Projects
Division 7 offers a series of HO scale cars
W & LE Hopper Cars
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (W&LE) took delivery of 3,000 steel, 70 ton, offset-side, triple hopper cars in late 1947 and 1948. These cars were a 1936 AAR design, updated to 1941 standards, with most cars built after the end of WWII. Greenville Steel Car Co. built the first 1,000 cars (78000-78999) and Ralston Steel Car Co. built another 2,000 cars (79000-80999). In 1949, the Nickel Plate Road took control of the W&LE, and all cars were subsequently leased to the NKP. Cars began to be repainted for the NKP, but retained their W&LE car numbers. By January of 1952, 557 cars had been repainted to NKP lettering, and 2,440 remained in their original W&LE paint scheme. The 1953 ORER lists 1,839 of these cars under the W&LE, while 1,158 cars were listed under the NKP. By April of 1960, 2,938 cars had been repainted to NKP lettering, and only 46 cars remained with their original W&LE lettering. Three of our four cars are substantiated by photographs in the W&LE paint scheme.
This car project utilizes Accurail’s 7500 series hopper car, painted black with white lettering. The kit includes Accurail’s AAR cast steel trucks, an Equipco brake wheel, and Accurail couplers. It also features brake system components with piping and levers, slope sheet end braces, fine stirrup steps, interior details, and hidden weights.
Four car numbers are available: 78952, 79240, 79897 and 80829
If you have a four-car set and would like more numbers, order another set. Use Accurail's decal set with 12 different numbers to renumber the set. Order the decal set separately from Accurail for $3 post-paid. We will send an Accurail order blank with your order.
Prices: $15.00 per car, with a four-car set for $56.00
Shipping (USPS Priority Mail): $5.50 for one car, $7.00 for two to four cars
Ohio Residents must include 6.5% state sales tax on the total price, including shipping charge.
Contact the Car Projects Chairman with any questions.
Please send orders or inquiries for any car to:
V & O Box Car
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The Virginian & Ohio (V&O) accepted delivery of 130 steel box cars, equipped with 6 feet wide Youngstown doors, in September, 1938. These cars were built to the 1937 update of the 1932 AAR steel box car design, and were built by the Pullman Standard Car Co. After WWII, the V&O was short of equipment, and subsequently rebuilt 49 of these all-steel cars in their West Carrolton, Ohio shops during 1947. These were the first V&O cars to be painted blue, and the first to have ‘The Ridge Runner’ slogan emblazoned on their sides. The rebuilt cars were renumbered as V&O series 3900-3948, and were specified to be used only for “clean lading.” Many of these cars were interchanged with other Eastern railroads in the Appalachian region and Midwestern states. The last car was retired in 1972, although several cars continued to be used as MOW tool and supply cars after that date.
This car project uses Accurail’s 3500 series all-steel AAR box car with 6 feet wide Youngstown doors, painted V&O blue with white graphics, including ‘The Ridge Runner’ slogan. The kit is provided with Accurail’s couplers and AAR Bettendorf-style trucks.
The V&O box car graphics were designed by W. Allen McClelland, MMR, and are authorized for sale by Cincinnati’s Division 7, Mid-Central Region, NMRA.
Allegheny Midland Hopper
AAR 70-ton, offset-side, 3-bay hopper cars
The Allegheny Midland, or Midland Road, was Tony Koester’s excellent coal-hauling model railroad before he decided to model the NYC&StL, or Nickel Plate Road. These AAR 70-ton, offset-side triple hopper cars are from a series of 500 cars numbered 39500-39999, and were built for the AM in early 1948, when the NKP bought a similar series of hopper cars. They lasted into the 1970s on the AM, and a few may still be seen in operation on various model railroads today.
This car project utilizes Accurail’s 7500-series hopper car, painted black with white lettering. The kit includes Accurail’s AAR cast-steel trucks, an Equipco brake wheel, and Accurail couplers. It also features brake system components with piping and levers, slope-sheet end braces, fine stirrup steps, interior details, and hidden weights.
Four car numbers are available: 39587, 39624, 39639 and 39763
Contact the Car Projects Chairman with any questions.
Prices: $16.00 per car, with a four-car set for $60.00
Shipping (USPS Priority Mail): $5.50 for one car, $7.00 for two to four cars
Ohio Residents must include 6.5% state sales tax on the total price, including shipping charge
Order from:
Division 7, MCR, NMRA
P.O. Box 62501
Cincinnati OH 45241
