If you're into FineScale Railroad Models, this link'll get you to P-B-L's Rolling Stock Page - Click here to see some of the finest detailed D&RGW, S.P. Narrow Gauge and Westside Lumber Company models on the planet! And they're available right now! Just what you've come to expect from P-B-L !

~ Latest Update Wednesday, May 19, 2010 ~

Check out our latest model kit !
The Espee's Narrow Gauge "Type III" Boxcar ! !

Click on the icon above to see some detailed photos of this model, as built by our pal Bill Schaefer from our latest kit, the PBL-32 ! The model shown above is painted in what's referred to as "Espee Sunburn Red"; a color these old cars faded to after years of service in the high country sun of the Owens Valley.

We now have 25 - All Injection Molded Painstakingly Researched, Prototypically Correct Rolling Stock Kits, with more still to come !

Each has been Painstakingly Scaled from the Prototype, including the proper, accurately scaled trucks which feature our superb rolling pointed axle'd nickel plated brass wheelsets!

Magazine reviewers have noted that we have the most complete assembly instructions in the business! The latest iterations of which even have CAD plus 3-D generated illustrations! Wonder of wonders, these kits are actually buildable, and you don't need a masters degree to complete one either!

All of the icons below are "Click-On's" designed to transport you to a page devoted to at least one enlarged photo of that car, plus some historical information about its prototype.

Some links lead to more than one page, with close-ups too. Which should prove to be a super helpful resource for those of you building one of the kits! ( Check out the "Drop Bottom" Gon and "Short" Reefer as examples. More will be added as time permits. )

PBL-R1		West Side Lumber Co. / Swayne "Skeleton Type" Log Car. Body and Details are "White Metal", All holes pre-drilled for ! Kits include Nickel Plated Brass Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers !
PBL-R2		- The D&RGW's "3000" Class 30'-0" Boxcar - This, our most popular kit, just got better ! It's an all injection molded piece of work that outstandingly replicates the real thing ! Complete with newly revised, highly detailed, step by step instructions, Nickel Plated Brass Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R3		- The D&RGW's "5500" Class 30'-0" Stock Car - Unbelievable Detail, far more "Fine-Scale" than anything could ever be in wood 'cause you can only "scale" wood grain "so small". . . Injection Molded w/Nickel Plated Brass Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R4		- The D&RGW "6700" class "Idler" Flat Car. - These cars were made by cutting down "3000" Series Boxcars and were used in "Pipe Train" service. Includes real weathered rail for stiffening, just like the prototype! Injection Molded w/Nickel Plated Brass Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R5		- The D&RGW "1050" class "Hi-Side" Gondola Car - "The Grande" had more gondolas ( or "gons" ) than any other class of revenue car. And that ours does justice to this intricacies of the prototype is no exaggeration. Injection molded w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and the genuine article, real Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R6		- The D&RGW's "Long" Caboose - This model is scaled down so amazingly that it even has a Complete Interior with every board, even every hinge present and accounted for ! It even has movable bunks! Injection Molded, of course, w/ accurately scaled trucks, nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers !
PBL-R7		- The D&RGW "6500" Series "Fishbelly" Flat Car. - Cut down from "broad gauge" flats, these flats were "heavy haulers", for sure! Click on the photo for an enlarged view. Another all Injection Molded Kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and the real-deal, genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R8		- The D&RGW "6500" Series "Bulkhead" Flat Car. - Some of the "6500's" got bulkheads, as you can see. Our kits are injection molded in high impact plastic so they go together "as advertised". We even modeled the trucks accurately ! Complete w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R9		- The D&RGW 30'-0" Short Refrigerator Car. - Complete with the fragile looking "long wheelbase" trucks of the prototype, you need to click on the photo for a good look at this miniature ! Another all injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R10		- The D&RGW's "1100" Series "Hi-Side Pipe Gon" - These were converted from Hi-Side Gons for "Pipe Train" service. Complete with the unmistakable "afterthought" brakewheel, staff, and brackets, these cars simply scream NARROW GAUGE, don't they? Injection molded w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R11		- The D&RGW "Short" Caboose - Like our long caboose, this model also includes a Complete Interior! Cupola Windows Slide! Superb! Another injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R12		- Our D&RGW "3000" Series "Super Box" Car - We call this our "Super Box" because it includes positionable doors and a detailed interior! Another injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R12e		- D&RGW's "3000" Series "Economy Door" Box Car. - A variant of our "regular" or "reinforced-door" boxcars, this is also one of our "Super Boxes" because it includes positionable doors and a detailed interior! Click the photo for an in-depth look ! Another injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R13		- The D&RGW "5900" Series "Long" Stock Car. - Equipped with special "Cast Steel" trucks shared only with the "Long Reefer", a few of these beauties will fit right in for those Spring and Fall "Stock Rushes" ! Another injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee Ž Couplers!
PBL-R14		- The D&RGW "800" Series Drop Bottom Gondola - The highest level of detail ever achieved in a production model! Don't believe it ? See for yourself ! Click on the photo and follow the links! Another injection molded kit w/nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee Ž Couplers!
PBL-R15		- UTLX / GRAMPS "Frameless" Tank Car - Finescale Detailing at an Affordable Price! The prototypes had it all "hanging out" for the world to see, and so do our kits ! With accurately modeled "ASF Cast Steel Trucks" these injection molded models are works of art ! Nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R16		- The U.T.L.X. "Narrow Frame" Tank Car. - Cousins to the "Frameless" Cars, these complex appearing models have rivet detail to die for ! They have the special "heavy-duty arch-bar trucks" of the prototype too. Injection molded with nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R19		- The D&RGW "Long" Refrigerator Car. - No, the picture didn't get "stretched" somehow. The 'Grande really did have such things as these 40'-0" wonders! Probably because, what with the "ice bunkers" taking up gobs of space, the "short" reefers just didn't have quite the capacity. All injection molded and sitting on the special "Andrews" Type trucks of the prototype with our great rolling brass wheelsets, and Kadee ® couplers.
PBL-R30		- The S.P. "Type I Boxcar - This car is number 1 in a series of no less than four of its "type" we're going to produce. All Injection molded, of course, this particular style will be limited to 1,000 kits. Click on the Icon for a full run-down of this great model and prototype! Kit includes nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R32		- The S.P. "Type III Boxcar - Click on the photo ( Left ) for more info on our model of the Type III Boxcar. The Espee's narrow Gauge Equipment was kinda like snowflakes. . . No two were alike. You'll love it ! All Injection molded, of course except for LWC Brass "Crossover Pipe" ( Underside brake piping part, ) and nickel plated brass wheelsets. Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R40		- The R.G.S. Steel Underframe'd Box Car - Representing RGS road numbers 8801-8729, the "Miller Era" cars. Type III cars boasted very modern all-steel underframes and cast steel Bettendorf trucks. These Type III cars were comparable to the best built standard gauge cars of the day. Our kits are complete with nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, they also feature a Lost Wax (Brass Casting) crossover pipe to simplify their construction...
PBL-R42		- The R.G.S. Steel Underframe'd Reefer - The R.G.S. "inherited" three of these cars in when Victor Miller took over the railroad in 1938, after the C.& S. went under. These cars were unique in that, instead of truss-rods and turnbuckles, they had very "modern" all steel underframes! Injection molded with nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R43		- R.G.S. "Type III" Steel Underframe'd Stock Car - These cars represent Numbers 7451 - 7474 which saw use all over the D&RGW / R.G.S. system. Our model kit is all Injection Molded Plastic including a remarkable one piece "brake rigging shot", our Nickel Plated Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!
PBL-R50		- The C.& S. Type III Steel Underframe'd Box Car - Representing C&S numbers 8100-8399, these Type III cars had cast steel Bettendorf trucks, these Type III cars were comparable to the best built standard gauge cars of the day, complete with very modern all-steel underframes. Injection molded with nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, they also feature a Lost Wax (Brass Casting) crossover pipe to simplify their construction...
PBL-R52		- The C.& S. Steel Underframe'd Reefer - This is the same model ( Except for decals / Lettering ) as our Kit #R42. It represents these cars in the days before the C.& S. was abandoned. These cars were unique in that, instead of truss-rods and turnbuckles, they had very "modern" all steel underframes! Our models are Injection molded with nickel plated brass wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers included, of course...
PBL-R53		- C.& S. "Type III" Steel Underframe'd Stock Car - This is the "same" car as the above, but represents how they looked before the C&S "died". They accurately replicate road numbers 7097 - 7134, even down to the peculiar looking coupler "carrier irons" of their prototypes. All injection molded plastic including a the one piece "brake rigging shot", our Nickel Plated Wheelsets and Genuine Kadee ® Couplers!