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<p class="MsoNormal">If we want more accurate freight cars based upon real cars and real road names I listed some of the very best available.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Atlas Master – these are generally very accurate cars with accurate road names.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Athearn Genesis – very accurate cars and accurate road names.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Athearn RTR – some very good cars that could be in the Genesis line, are not because they lack air hoses and coupler cut bars and underframe details.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Broadway Limited – accurate freight cars real road names, passenger cars are some of the very best accurate and fully painted and lettered/numbered.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ExactRail – based upon real cars and real road names. Some of the best models available.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tangent Scale Models – based upon real cars, very accurate and real road names.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rapido Trains – upon real cars, accurate and real road names - early passenger cars had quality problems, but recent items have been very good.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Moloco Trains – very accurate cars based upon the real thing.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Spring Mills Depot – very accurate cars and road names.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wheels of Time – recently released very accurate cars of Southern Pacific lumber cars.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Southern Pacific Historical Society – has a couple very accurate Southern Pacific cars.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fox Valley Models – very accurate cars based on real things.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Walthers Proto – accurate cars and road names. Their passenger cars do not come fully lettered and I prefer to avoid them because of this.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kadee – most accurate PS1 and PS2 cars, but most are pre 1972</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Intermountain – accurate cars, but sometimes incorrect letterings.</p>
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