Description: Scale/Gauge: HOn3 scale, 3 foot gauge, 10.5mm track gauge. 04444 is modelled as it appeared as the Block car in the Salida, Co wreck
train in 1951. It was used to carry rerailing blocking, tools, jacks and so on for use in dealing with derailments and other incidents.
The model is scratchbuilt is styrene with a small number of Grandt Line details: bold heads, handbrake wheel, retainer value, stirrup steps and some brake parts -
modified for the split-cylinder brake setup. It runs on Grandt Line trucks and uses Kadee coulpers.
Its painted in the D&RGW gray MoW (Maintenance of Way) colours as used after the 2nd world war (way to use up ecess US Navy warship paint) and lettered in the post-1939
flying Rio Grande lettering, but with minimal detail lettering (no dimensional date) as it was not used in interchange service. Weathered following prototype photos.