BLUEPRINT SERIES 1 - Laser Art Structures

1 SERIESBLUEPRINT SERIES FREIGHT CAR KITSHO 40 ACF/URTX WOOD REEFERSBP-3HO 40 AAR POSTWAR BOXCARS - 6' DOORSBP-6HO 40 AAR POSTWAR BOXCARS - 7' DOORSBP-8HO 40 AAR POSTWAR BOXCARS - 8' DOORSBP-9HO 50 POSTWAR BOXCARS - 8' DOORS, RIVETED SIDESBP-10HO 50 POSTWAR BOXCARS - 9' DOORS, WELDED SIDESBP-12HO 50 POSTWAR BOXCARS - 9' DOORS, RIVETED SIDESBP-13HO 50 POSTWAR BOXCARS - DOUBLE DOORSBP-14HO 50 PLUG DOOR BOXCARS - AAR STYLEBP-16HO 50 PLUG DOOR BOXCARS - GARX STYLEBP-17HO 50 BERWICK BOXCARSBP-18HO BLUEPRINT SPECIAL EDITION KITSBP-20 BLUEPRINT SERIES PASSENGER CAR KITSPULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONSBP-22 PULLMAN PLAN 3979 8-1-2 SLEEPERBP-23 PULLMAN PLAN 3585 10-1-2 SLEEPERBP-25 PULLMAN PLAN 3410 12-1 SLEEPERBP-27 PULLMAN PLAN 3958 14 SECTION SLEEPERBP-29 PULLMAN PLAN 3973 10-1-1 SLEEPERBP-31 PULLMAN PLAN 3233 6-3 SLEEPERBP-32 SINGLE WINDOW COACHBP-33 PAIRED WINDOW COACHBP-35 REA EXPRESS REEFERBP-36 BLUEPRINT SERIES DETAIL PARTSHO TRUCKS & WHEELSETSBP-38HO FREIGHT CAR DETAIL

2 PARTSBP-39HO PASSENGER CAR DETAIL PARTSBP-40 CONTENTSYARDMASTER SERIES FREIGHT CAR KITSHO 1937 AAR 40' BOXCARYM-1HO YARDMASTER SPECIAL EDITION KITSYM-4 Our BLUEPRINT SERIES freight car kits include individual ladders and grabs, correctends, roofs and other body components, full underframe detail and carefullyresearched and applied BLUEPRINT SERIES passenger car kits include full underbody detail, individualgrabs, correct air conditioning components (where applicable), correct trucks, roofsand sides, full interiors and carefully researched and applied Yardmaster SERIES freight car kits are designed for fast assembly and include caston ladders and grabs, one-piece underframe with full brake detail and carefullyresearched and applied SERIESIn many ways, wood reefers were the classic steam era freight car.

3 These colorful cars provided a welcome contrast to long strings ofred boxcars and black hoppers. Some of the most unique cars were those built for Union Refrigerator Transit (URTX) and the Chicago& North Western controlled North Western Refrigerator Lines (NWX).The URTX cars were built in large numbers in the 1920 s. Painted bright yellow with red ends and roof these cars carried a wide varietyof billboard paint schemes. These schemes were applied to cars that were leased to private owners and served as rollingadvertisements for their products. The billboard era lasted until July 1934. On this date, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)regulation #201 came into effect.

4 This ruling stated that after this date no more cars could be painted with the lessee s name in letteringany larger than 12". As Of January 1937, cars painted in billboard schemes could not be accepted for interchange between railroadsandby the beginning of World War II all these cars had been pained back into the original owner s standard colors. These cars also saw serviceon the Soo Line, Milwaukee, Green Bay & Western, Nickel Plate and the 1920 s ACF built approximately 3000 wood reefers for the North Western Refrigerator Lines (NWX). Painted gray and red these carsalso served as the canvas on which many of thefamous billboard reefers were painted.

5 After theheyday of the billboard era they formed the back-bone of North Western Refrigerator Express sfleet. Morrell Refrigerator Line (MRX), WesternRefrigerator Lines (WRX), and others owned addi-tional cars of this same design. Many of these carslasted into the 1960 s making for a long service lifethrough the most popular modeling features:* Separate door bars, grab irons, ladders and cutbars* Two optional styles of roof hatch* Fully detailed underbody* Accurate paint & letteringNOTE: When originally offered these cars came in three packs with three road numbers and in individual cars with a fourth road number. As thesecars are re-released they will be offered in four packs with four different numbers and individual cars with mixed 40 acf/URTx wood REEfERSROADSINGLE3 PACK4 PACKNWX1217 n/a 121741952-1960's schemeROADSINGLE3 PACK4 PACKMILWAUKEE (URTX)1218 n/a 12184 Late 1930 s - late 1940's PACK4 PACKMINNEAPOLIS & St LOUIS1220 12203 n/a1940 S PACK4 PACKSOO LINE (URTX)1224 n/a 12244 Early 1940 s PACK4 PACKUNDECORATED1200 n/an/aROADSINGLE3 PACK4 PACKMILWAUKEE (CM&STP)1201 n/a 120141927 delivery scheme.

6 For simplified see ourkits #1213 and PACK4 PACKOSCAR MAYER (NWX)1208 n/a 12084 Leased by NWX to Oscar Mayer in the 1950 PACK4 PACKGREEN BAY & WESTERN1211 n/a 121141929 delivery PACK4 PACKMILWAUKEE (URTX)1213 n/a 12134 Late 1940's PACK4 PACKNICKEL PLATE (URTX)1214 n/a 121441948 lease PACK4 PACKNWX1215 n/a 12154 1920'S-1930'S PACK4 PACKNWX1216 n/a 121641930'S-1953 SERIESho 40 acf/URTx wood REEfERSROADSINGLE3 PACK4 PACKLAND O LAKES1305 n/a 13054 Land O Lakes cars were built for URTC byACF in PACK4 PACKNEVADA POULTRY1306 13063 n/aAnother member of the ACF class of 28, thiscar was leased to the Nevada Poultry Com-pany of Nevada, PACK4 PACKJEWELL PRODUCE1311 13113 n/aAlso built in July 1928, these cars were leasedto the Jewell Produce Company of Jewell,Iowa and used for dairy PACK4 PACKLAKESHIRE CHEESE1314 13143 n/aAnother classic URTC billboard.

7 These carswere built in 1927 and leased by LakeshireCheese of Plymouth, MEATSM orrell Meats leased a number of cars fromURTC in the late 1920 s and early 1930 ran under both URTC and MRX report-ing marks and advertised several Morrellproducts in a billboard lettering style. Thesecars are yellow-orange with red ends and roofand black offer a three pack with one each ofMorrell's cars or each car PACKMORRELL 3 PACK13163 ONE EACH OF 1316/7/8 ROADSINGLEMORRELL BACON1316 MORRELL CANNED MEAT1317 MORRELL HAM1318 ROADSINGLE3 PACK4 PACKHARDINGS CREAMERY1334 13343 n/aThe Harding Cream Company had plants inOmaha, Kansas City and Des Moines.

8 Theyleased cars from URTC in CREAMERY1356 The Fairmont Dairy line had its own report-ing marks This car dates from PABST BLUE RIBBON1209 This car was leased from NWX in the ealy1930's. (Licensed by Pabst Brewing Company)ROADSINGLESCHLITZ (URTC)1223 Leased from URTC in the early 1930 following cars are based on prototypes whereonly one or two cars can be documented ashaving been painted into these schemes. As aresult, they are available as single cars PACK4 PACKPACIFIC EGG PRODUCERS1349 13493 n/aPacific Egg Producers - The Egg With TheReputation - of New York, Chicago andSeattle (this car will fit on ANY layout!)

9 Leased a group of cars from URTC in PACK4 PACKJERPE (NWX)1204 12043 n/aBuilt in July 1928, these cars were leased tothe Jerpe Commission Company of Omaha,Nebraska and used to ship dairy PACK4 PACKKRAFT1301 n/a 13014 Kraft leased a number of URTC cars in the1920 s and 30 s and used several differentlettering arrangements. This car is from PACK4 PACKGEORGE D. TRACY1302 n/a n/aANOTHER NWX LEASED CAR FROM 1928,THIS CAR WAS LEASED TO GEORGE COMPANY OF TRACY, PACK4 PACK J. LYNARD POULTRY1303 13033 n/aLeased from NWX, these cars were deliveredin 1928 carrying advertising for the J. LynardPoultry Company of Owatonna, PACK4 PACKJH NEIL CNW1304 13043 n/aAnother of the 1928 built NWX-leased dairycars, this time by the Neil CreameryCompany of Tama, SERIESho 40 acf/URTx wood REEfERSROADSINGLEBLATZ - OLD HEIDELBERG1322 Leased from URTX in the 1930 s (Licensed by Pabst Brewing Company)ROADSINGLEBORDEN S FINE CHEESE1323 These Borden s cars were very late in thebillboard era being painted in S BEER 1335 This car was leased from URTCo and fea-tures a full color version of the famousHeileman grenadier nearly full Height on thecar side.

10 (Licensed by Pabst Brewing Company)ROADSINGLEN. DORMAN CO. CHEESE1344 The N. Dorman Cheese Company of NewYork and Monroe, Wisconsin also leased itscars from URTC in the 1930's but ran themunder their own QREX reporting FOODS1346 Leased from URTX in the 1930 s this Nucoafoods car proclaimed itself to be from NewYork, Chicago and San (URTC)1348 Leased from URTX in 1931 this car adver-tises Pabst-ett malt syrup and Blue RibbonBeer in large blue letters. (Licensed by Pabst Brewing Company)ROADSINGLEWILSON S MILK1353 Wilson s milk of Indiana operated someURTC-leased cars in the 1930' STATE CREAMERIES1357 Iowa State Creamery leased this car fromNWX in SERIESROAD NAMESINGLE4 PACKGEORGIA141214124 BUILT 1947, DELIVERY NAMESINGLE4 PACKGULF MOBILE & OHIO141314134 BUILT 1947, DELIVERY NAMESINGLE4 PACKILLINOIS CENTRAL141614164 BUILT 1948, DELIVERY NAMESINGLE4 PACKILLINOIS TERMINAL141714174 BUILT 1947, DELIVERY NAMESINGLE4 PACKLOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE141914194 BUILT 1947, 1952 NAMESINGLE4 PACKM-K-T142014204 BUILT 1953, DELIVERY NAMESINGLE4 PACKMISSOURI PACIFIC142114214 BUILT 1950.