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NG Stock Roster

The D&RGW Scenic Line's
Narrow Gauge Stock Car Roster

Class 5: 30' 25-Ton Stock 5500 - 5849
D&RGW #DeckBody Style
Letter Style
Yr Obs.		 HeraldNotesModeler
/Owner		Manufacturer
5500 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340200
5502 SingleD/"55
5508 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340201
5519 DoubleB/"40
5520 SingleD DRRenumbered BS
5535 DoubleD/"41
5536 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340202
5552 SingleA DR DanielS BS B340206
5561 SingleA FG TomG/SLMI BS B340203
5561 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340203
5573 SingleB FG BS
5574 SingleC/"43
5575 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340216
5578 SingleA/"49 FG TarryH
5582 DoubleA/"46
5586 SingleA FG DanielS BS B340205
5587 DoubleA*/"46
5589 DoubleA/"56
5603 SingleA FG TomG/SLMI RL #132
5603 SingleA FG DanielS RL #132
5604 DoubleB/"39
5605 SingleB/"37 DRB2/3, Renumbered TomG BS
5607 SingleA DRB2/3, Renumbered GaryM/SLMIBS
5608 SingleA DRB2/3, Renumbered AlexM/SLMIBS
5609 DoubleA/"69
5618 SingleA/"48
5623 SingleA DRB2/3, Renumbered AlexM BS
5628 SingleD DR GlennG BS B340208
5628 SingleD DR TomG/SLMI BS B340208
5628 SingleD DR DanielS BS B340208
5631 SingleB/"53
5637 DoubleC/"50
5639 SingleA/"56
5648 SingleA FGRenumbered BS
5652 DoubleC/"49
5663 DoubleB/"19
5666 SingleB/"72
5669 SingleB/"72 KentS
5673 SingleD/"26 DRB2/3, Renumbered GaryM BS
5678 SingleD DR DanielS BS B340209
5685 DoubleA/"70
5687 SingleA/"47 FGB2/6, Single Deck DanielS BS B340212
5689 DoubleB/"39 FG BS
5690 DoubleD FGRenumbered TomG BS
5691 SingleA DRRenumbered TomG BS
5696 DoubleD/"46
5700 DoubleC/"46
5710 DoubleA/"46 FG KentS
5713 DoubleA/"56
5717 SingleA FGB2/6, Double-deck KentS MRGS
5718 DoubleC/"46
5722 SingleD/"05 FG GrantC BS B340213
5722 SingleD/"05 FG DanielS BS B340213
5723 DoubleB/"35
5726 DoubleA*/"37
5727 DoubleA/"46
5745 DoubleC/"48
5747 SingleA/"54
5751 SingleC/"39 DRB2/3, Renumbered TomG BS
5757 DoubleA/"69 FG GaryM BS B340220
5774 SingleB2/3 DRA/"26 Renumbered GrantC BS B340216
5775 SingleB2/3 DR AlexM BS B340216
5776 DoubleA/"46
5782 SingleA/"71
5783 SingleB B2/3, Renumbered TomG BS
5789 DoubleA*/"48DR KentS
5793 SingleD/"60 FG GrantC BS B340214
5802 SingleC/"40
5803 DoubleA/"50 FG GaryM BS B340221
5804 SingleB2/3 DR AlexM BS B340210
5805 SingleB2/3 DR KentS Rail Line
5809 SingleB2/3 DR Renumbered GrantC BS B340210
5816 SingleA/"71
5817 DoubleA/"46
5819 SingleA/"53 FG DanielS BS B340215
5819 SingleA/"53 FG D/Renumbered TarryH BS B340215
5820 SingleA DR AlexM BS B340217
5821 SingleA DR Renumbered GrantC BS B340217
5822 SingleA DR Renumbered GrantC BS B340217
5833 SingleB2/3 DR TomG BS B340211
5838 SingleB2/3 DRRenumbered GaryM BS B340211
5839 SingleD/"04
5839 DoubleA/"49
5847 DoubleA/"57
5--- DoubleB2/4 GaryM LB
5--- Single - GaryM RL #132
5--- Single - GaryM RL #132
5--- Single - AlexM RL #132
5--- Single - AlexM RL #132
5--- Single - AlexM RL #132
6790 Single - KentS RL #132
Notes:
  • Herald: DR - DRGW, FG - Flying Rio Grande
  • Manufacturer: BS - Blackstone, RL - Rail Line, MRGS - Model Railroad General Store, LB - Labelle
  • Prototype info listed by car # when available, car numbers in brown (no current owner).
  • Built in 1904, painted oxide red. Rebuilt in 1926.
  • Starting in 1917, received double chevron doors and painted black.
  • 3'7" Archbar trucks. (Photo Credit: PBL)
  • Flying Rio Grande lettering added, beginning in 1939.
  • Kits: Rail Line #132, Model Railroad General Store
  • Body Style A, B, C or D (see page 73-74, Reference 1) in year noted. A* - no letter boards or Flying Rio Grande.
    Body Style A
    1
    2
    3    		6" Top Board
    Wide Letter Board across middle (lowest board outside frame); no separate letter boards below.
    Same except 2 letter boards below to left of door.
    Solid upper side of boards to left of door, no separate letter boards below.
    Body Style B
    1
    2
    3
    4    		10" Top Board
    No separate letter boards.
    Same with letter boards.
    Solid upper side to left of door, no letter boards.
    Same with letter boards.
  • Letter Style 3, 4, 5 or 6 (see Taking Stock, by Victor Stone, see also page 81, Reference 1).
Letter Style 3Letter Style 4Letter Style 5Letter Style 6



Class 6: 34' 25-Ton Stock 5900 - 5999
NumberDeckStyle/Photo
Body/Letter/Yr		Herald Manufacturer Modeler
/ Owner
5906SingleA*/"56
5909SingleA/"46
5912Single FGPSC 700-2KentS
5919SingleA/"49
5920SingleA/"49
5928SingleA/"46 DRPSC KitTomG/SLMI
5950SingleA*/"56
5963SingleA/"40
5970Single FGKentS
5971SingleA*/"53
5972SingleA*/"53
5979SingleA/"49
5997SingleA/"49
5998SingleA*/"29
59xxSingleX/"xx BrassGaryM
Notes:
  • Prototype info listed by car # when available, car numbers in brown (no current owner).
  • Built in 1923, painted black.
  • Ran on 4'8" Andrews trucks.(Photo Credit: PBL)
  • Later in 1930s, some trucks were swapped with 4'8" archbar trucks (Photo Credit: PBL)
    so the Andrews trucks could be used on both UTLX NG frame and frameless tank cars.
  • Paint scheme A, B, C or D (see page 81, Reference 1) in year noted. A* - no Flying Rio Grande.
  • Flying Rio Grande lettering added, beginning in 1939.
  • Herald: DR - DRGW, FG - Flying Rio Grande
  • Manufacturer: PSC - Precision Scale Co.
  • Kits: Precision Scale


References:
  1. "A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 1871 to 1981," by Robert Sloan
  2. "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Refrigerator Cars, Stock Cars and Tank Cars of the D&RGW Volume IV," by Robert Grandt
  3. "Official Roster of the Denver and Rio Grande Western System and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company, 1923," by the Colorado Railroad Museum
  4. "Taking Stock, Narrow Gauge Stock Cars of the Denver & Rio Grande: 1873-1968," by Victor Stone
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