Introducing our newest train car - the Cripple Creek & Western Cattle Car!
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COW TOWN EXPRESS: The Cripple Creek & Western Cattle Car
Cripple Creek is a prosperous town with a variety of businesses, and one of the largest is the cattle trade. Business is so good, the railroad ordered a fleet of new stock cars!
The car’s frame measures 13-1/2 inches long. Plus, it has operating couplers and rides on die-cast metal trucks. The body has textured wooden styling with slats permitting airflow as well as four large open windows on each side.
The cattle car has weathered, add-on metal structural supports and doors with an operating metal latch. The doors carry signage for the Cripple Creek Cattle Company.
Cattle was once a major commodity riding the rails. If there is a cattle range on your railroad, the Cripple Creek Cattle Car is just what you need to move that cargo from the roads to the rails!
There are four add-on ladders on the ends and sides. A see-through metal catwalk runs the length of the roof. Both ends feature a standing brake wheel and shaft running down to the frame.
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