HO Scale Denver & Rio Grande Western Walthers Heavyweight Baggage Car #741

Denver & Rio Grande Western Heavyweight Baggage Car #741
Manufactured by Walthers and custom lettered in the USA by Hyacinth Models!

The Denver & Rio Grande western had two main groups of baggage cars: smaller purpose built 60-foot baggage cars and 70-foot baggage cars rebuilt from other cars. This is one of the 70-foot rebuilds. Five baggage cars were rebuilt in the 1920s from Buffet Library cars originally ordered for the Western Pacific Railroad. Given their converted nature the door spacing on them is different for each car number. 741 represents the one with the most centered doors closest matching a standard AC&F 70' baggage car.

Note: For this road number there was a printing issue. Due to a miscommunication the cars were printed with "Baggage" next to the larger door on both sides which is not correct. On the Denver & Rio Grande Western heavyweight baggage cars, our research indicated that "Baggage" was always on the left side regardless of the position of doors. Due to this printing error we've knocked 5% off of the price since they're not as accurate as our standards of quality require.

Car History

1910 Built as Western Pacific buffet-library car 802.
By 4/ 1/1916 Renumbered Denver & Rio Grande 981
9/1920 Converted to straight baggage car and renumbered 731.
1/4/1924 Renumbered Denver & Rio Grande Western 741.
1929 4-wheel trucks applied. Six-wheel trucks removed were used on business
car 1012 or lounge cars Granite Canon and Spanish Fork Canon.
1956 Remodeled -- the small baggage door enlarged to 6’2” x 8’0” (folio page
P-43-A).
11/1967 Retired, sold at Salt Lake.