<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Martin: The main question that I have is, when did N&W start laying welded rail and were these cars used.</div><div>The Rapido cars I believe were NS cars lettered NW because of the orange used for the racks.</div><div>Stephen Rineair</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><br><b>To: </b>"NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 10, 2025 5:47:48 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: N&W CWR" cars<br></div><div><br><style style="display:none">/*<![CDATA[*/P {
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This question was posed to me last weekend.</div>
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I was not aware that in the late N&W era there were CWR trains, that is a more "modern" thing. Subsequent thoughts were maybe they were ex N&W cars that NS used as cores and consequently kept N&W reporting marks while in NS MofW service?</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 07 October 2025 20:20<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> N&W CWR" cars</font>
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<div>I noticed that Rapido Model is producing <a href="https://www.trainworld.com/rapido-138406-ho-f30d-50-rail-flat-car-n-w-mow-6-pack.html" style="color:#333333;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">
Rapido 138406 HO F30D 50' Rail Flat Car : N&W - MOW: 6-Pack.</a> </div>
<div>I have never seen photos of these cars. Are there welded rail cars photos of the N&W? I know the Rapido cars are not exact.</div>
<div>Stephen Rineair</div>
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