Product Information:
The CE-3,s were rebuilt from the 2201 - 2300 and 500 - 599 class (peaked roof) waycars at the West Wichita, Kansas shops in 1968. The cars were released in the 999600 - 999639 number series and were assigned to local, branchline and transfer service on the Eastern and Western lines. The cars eventually wandered to most parts of the system unchecked. The cars received limited upgrading and were primarily rebuilt in kind. However, they were adorned with the new waycar image; brilliant Indian Red bodies topped off with a black roof and underframe. Crew grabs, reporting marks and car side numbers were applied in white. A horizontal yellow stripe was added to the car dissecting the large yellow Circle-Cross herald. The car number, including the three nines, was placed above the door for crew convenience during radio use. When the ACI (Automatic Car Identification) mandate was imposed the reflective device was placed on the car sides. However, unlike other classes that usually carried their ACI labels centered on the car above the yellow stripe, the CE-3 class appeared to have carried the labels below the stripe. Eventually, the ACIs proved unusable (they got dirty) and were removed from service.
Model Details:
- Peaked roofs with flat cupola and car sides
- Etched metal roofwalks:
- Kass grate roofwalk
- Morton roofwalk
- Underside tool cellar installation
- Correct cupola railing types:
- Full cupola periphery
- Corner-only rails
- Separately applied wire railings and grab irons
- ”Wood” end platform and etched step grating
- Removal of underframe tool cellars (boxes) where appropri-ate
- Stunning ATSF paint and lettering
- Thin window glazing
- Journal box lube data where appropriate
- Stylized Circle-Cross reflectors where applicable
- Frame-mounted Dayco belt driven generator
- Etched wig-wag signals where appropriate
- Ground plane antenna platform as appropriate
- Double hung windows with window screen
- ASF Ride-Control or Swing Motion Trucks as applied to prototype
- Operating corner mounted marker lights
- CNC machined and polished-tread wheelsets
