#65685 existed pre-1998 (per my "98 OER) but not back in CB&Q days (per my
"70 OER). Have not seen the model but assume it's a "modern" style. For
those who model Q prototypically a "69 or "70 OER is invaluable as to what
the Q had at the end and what realistically could be found in interchange
pre-BN. (amazing how many wood cars still on Q roster into late 60's!).
Sometimes they can be picked up @ model shows @ a fair price, othertimes you
may see exorbitant prices. Of course the best deal is to have worked for a
RR or have friends who did & get the OER's as they were retired - that's how
I got most of mine plus a few newer ones from a small hobby shop. Will
gladly answer any querys as to whether any particular frt car existed
pre-BN, foreign or Q. I also have them in intervals back to 1890's if you
really want to be specific. It's amazing as one grows older as a modeler
how unsatisfactory some models are now compared to when we were kids & how
"important" it is to have the "right" car number for the yr you model (in my
case 1958). Sometimes I wish I could still be happy with old Athearn,
Varney & MDC! Blame it on all on the 1st Train-Miniature cars - end
lettering, sprung trucks, obscure roadnames, "wood" that looked far more
like wood than the competitors, etc. A bit off the subject but to me
Train-Miniature was what got the whole proto movement going along with Bob
Longo's original Protoytpe Modeler magazines (esp. the NW version for us
Hill Road fans) which in turn inspired Mainline Modeler, RMC's recurring
proto model articles, etc etc. Gerald
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