Frameless & Narrow Frame Tank Cars

Frameless & Narrow Frame

Tank Cars

Blackstone models are pleased to announce the road numbers and advance reservation information for our HOn3 Tank Cars. These tank cars represent the narrow frame and frameless UTLX cars that traversed the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Railroad’s track throughout Colorado from the 1920s and into the 1960s and will be available in a variety of road numbers and paint schemes.

The narrow frame UTLX cars were built in the 1920s by using old standard gauge tank cars and mounting the tanks on steel channel framework. These cars were equipped with 4’ 8" arch bar style trucks.

The UTLX frameless tank cars are well known as the "GRAMPS" cars. Originally built from former standard gauge cars in the early 1930s, many of this class had the prominent silver letters emblazoned across the sides of the tank cars around 1939 while transporting oil from Farmington and Chama to the Alamosa refinery.

2nd Release -

UTLX Narrow Frame Tank Cars

There are three Narrow Frame Tank Car numbers featuring the UTLX yellow lettering (Nos. 13178 13036 and 12973)

All road numbers are available both weathered and non-weathered

Delivery of the second release is announced for fall 2011.

The first release sold out in no time.

Don't miss out this time, reserve yours now

Please note - Prices are provisional and depend

on the exchange rate at the time

Part Number	Road Number	Finish	Order
B340604	UTLX No. 13178
B340605	UTLX No. 13036
B340606	UTLX No. 12973
B340604W	UTLX No. 13178	Weathered	Sold Out
B340605W	UTLX No. 13036	Weathered	Sold Out
B340606W	UTLX No. 12973	Weathered	Sold Out

2nd Release

D&RGW UTLX Frameless Tank Cars

There are three Frameless Tank Car numbers featuring the UTLX yellow lettering as well as the "GRAMPS" logo (Nos. 55276, 55190 and 55347)

All three road numbers are available both weathered and non-weathered.

Part Number	Road Number	Finish	Order
B340653	UTLX No. 55276		Sold Out
B340654	UTLX No. 55190		Sold Out
B340655	UTLX No. 55347		Sold Out
B340653W	UTLX No. 55276	Weathered	Sold Out
B340654W	UTLX No. 55190	Weathered	Sold Out
B340655W	UTLX No. 55347	Weathered	Sold Out

Do not use the tables below - stored just to keep a record

Part Number	Road Number	Finish	Order
B340604	UTLX No. 13178
B340605	UTLX No. 13036
B340606	UTLX No. 12973
B340604W	UTLX No. 13178	Weathered
B340605W	UTLX No. 13036	Weathered
B340606W	UTLX No. 12973	Weathered

Part Number	Road Number	Finish	Order
B340653	UTLX No. 55276
B340654	UTLX No. 55190
B340655	UTLX No. 55347
B340653W	UTLX No. 55276	Weathered
B340654W	UTLX No. 55190	Weathered
B340655W	UTLX No. 55347	Weathered