Santa Fe

Based on Santa Fe's last class of wooden waycars built with side doors in 1921, 39 were built by ACF in St. Charles, Missouri. All of these cars rode on Arch Bar trucks, had vertical staff hand brakes, and were constructed with soldered tin roofs. Photos indicate that they changed very little in appearance over the years, and most kept their original equipment up until their retirement. However, Santa Fe did rebuild some with new steel underframes in the 1940s, yet they still kept their Arch Bar trucks. A number of these sidedoor wooden waycars could still be seen bobbing down the rails of old branchlines or in Maintenance of Way service into the early 1960s! 

Features:

• custom scribed sheathing 
• Peel & Stick windows 
• doors and roofing material
• cast resin steps
• unique laser-cut end railings, ladders, and handbrakes 
• underbody toolbox
• optional screen doors and windows 
• brass wire and fixture for bending railing and handholds
• a white metal smokejack