HO Ventilated Box Car Kit Available Again

The Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc., is pleased to announce that our HO scale ventilated boxcar kit is available again. The kit was originally produced in 2005 and updated and re-released in 2009. The model is produced exclusively for the Society by Smoky Mountain Model Works.

The kit is based on two nearly identical groups of 40-ton steel underframe ventilated boxcars built for the CofGa by Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.: CG 56000-5650 (built in 1925) and CG 56501-58500 (built in 1926).

The kits feature a highly detailed one-piece urethane resin body with separate underframe and details, including both solid and ventilated doors, and open and closed end ventilators. Decals produced by Rail Graphics (using artwork provided by the Society) are included for post-1932 lettering. Detailed instructions are provided on mini-CD.

This re-run only includes kits with the Murphy”Pivoted All Steel Flexible” car roof which was applied to CofGa ventilated boxcars as replacements beginning in the mid 1930s. The kits also include a revised and updated underframe, based on new information located during the production of the Society’s HO scale pulpwood car kit. (Note that the photos shown on this page are of an earlier run with the as-delivered Murphy XLA roof.)

Note that trucks, couplers, and wheelsets are not included.

The kits sell for $46.95 and are available at our online store (click here) and at any of the train shows we attend

Please order soon as quantities are limited!

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HO Scale CofGa E7 Delayed

Petersen Supply Company has notified us of a delay in the estimated delivery date of their custom production run of an HO scale EMD E7 in the Central of Georgia’s classic blue, gray, and black scheme.The original announcement is here.

At present, delivery is estimated to be December/January.

The models will be available from the Society at train shows and our online store, at select hobby shops, and directly from Petersen Supply Company.

Kadee Releases HO Scale “Compartmentizer” Car

Kadee Quality Products Co. has released their HO scale 40′ PS-1 box car in the Central of Georgia’s “Compartmentizer” paint scheme. The highly detailed cars feature 7-panel Superior doors and are based on the CofGa’s 6200–6207 series of special “Compartmentizer Equipped” cars built by Pullman in 1954. The paint scheme represents cars shop repainted beginning in 1959, with “The Right Way” slogan, monogram, and slanted “Compartmentizer” logo.

One road number is available: 6205 (stock 4928)

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Photograph of CG 6205 “Compartmentizer” car (Collection of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society)

Accurail Releases CofGa Two-Bay Hopper

Accurail has released their HO scale USRA 50-ton two-bay open hoppers in the Central of Georgia’s The Right Way scheme. The kits represent the CofGa’s 21001–21300 series of hoppers built in 1923 by Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. at Fairfield, Alabama. The cars are oxide red with white stenciling, including monogram, modified box reporting marks, and “The Right Way” slogan, representative of shop repainted cars from the late 1950s. One road number is available: 21274 (stock 25531). “Renumber decals” are also available (stock 25531D), which feature assorted white road numbers on an oxide red background. This is the second road number that Accurail has produced in this paint scheme.

The paint scheme represents cars shop painted in the late 1950s, with a reweigh date of “SAVH 3-55” and a repack date of “MA 4-16-57” (Savannah and Macon, respectively. The cars include a “The Right Way” slogan, which was used on freight cars beginning in late 1954. Open hoppers on the CofGa were black until a system wide change to oxide red in October 1948.

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The Society will have a limited number of these kits available at train shows. They should also be available through your favorite hobby shop. They can be ordered direct from Accurail at www.accurail.com.

New HO Scale CofGa E7 Planned

Petersen Supply Company has announced a custom production run of an HO scale EMD E7 in the Central of Georgia’s classic blue, gray, and black scheme. The limited edition models will be based on the Broadway Limited Imports model and will feature the Paragon2 sound and control system (dual-mode decoder with authentic sounds), all-wheel drive and electrical pickup, operating knuckle couplers, plastic body with die-cast chassis, 5-pole can motor, and separately applied details.

Two road numbers will be available: 801 and 808. Artwork was provided by the Society.

The models will retail for $299.99, and will be available from the Society at train shows and our online store, at select hobby shops, and directly from Petersen Supply Company.

Delivery is scheduled for summer of 2014.