This kit is a model of the oldest type of the D&RGW flat cars to survive to the present. One hundred of these 30 foot cars were built in 1887 at a cost of just under $400 each. The last 16 remaining in revenue service were sold to the U. S. Navy in 1942, while another dozen continued in work service. This kit includes trucks with steel wheels, Kadee® 835 or Accucraft® knuckle couplers, and lettering. All wood is laser cut except the floor planks. The frame has real mortise and tenon construction and most hardware holes are predrilled. This car can be kit-bashed into any one of several maintenance of way cars used by the D&RGW.