HARTFORD PRODUCTS, INC.
Quality kits and parts for
#1 (G) Gauge

The Carter Brothers 28 foot flat car had a long and versatile history and was used on a number of roads, such as the South Pacific Coast, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co. (formerly the North Shore Railroad), The Carson & Colorado, The Southern Pacific and the Swain Lumber Company. Apparently the same car continued in production after Carter Brothers was bought out by the J. Hammond Co. of San Francisco and were used by the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Co. (later renamed Hobart Mills) as log cars. The Madera Sugar Pine Co. also had some of these cars modified to their specifications to carry logs. The Carson and Colorado, the South Pacific Coast, and later the Southern Pacific, built a number into gondolas.

This kit is a model of the oldest type of the D&RGW flat cars to survive to the present. One hundred of these 30 foot cars were built in 1887 at a cost of just under $400 each. The last 16 remaining in revenue service were sold to the U.S.Navy in 1942, while another dozen continued in work service. This kit includes trucks with steel wheels, AccuCraft® knuckle couplers, and lettering. All wood is laser cut except the floor planks. The frame has real mortise and tenon construction and most hardware holes are predrilled. This car can be kit-bashed into any one of several maintenence of way cars used by the D&RGW. A construction jig, Product ID HP-J025, which greatly simplifies construction and ensures accurate alignment of parts, is available separately.
(Also available with Kadee 835 Couplers as item K025-K)

This kit is a model of the unique D&RGW Number 06092 wheel and tie car, which started life as flat car 6092. The original car has been nicely restored by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad in Chama, NM. To our knowledge this and Number 06051 rail and tie car are the only survivors from the original 6000 series flats.. A construction jig, Product ID HP-J025, which greatly simplifies construction and ensures accurate alignment of parts, is available separately.

This kit is a model of the unique D&RGW Number 06051 rail and tie car, which started life as flat car 6051. Like the 06092 the original car has been nicely restored by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad in Chama, NM. These two cars accompanied Derrick Car OP to carry out major wreck cleanups.. A construction jig, Product ID HP-J025, which greatly simplifies construction and ensures accurate alignment of parts, is available separately.