K-16 Billmeyer and Small 4 - Wheel Derrick Car

1:20.3 Scale - Difficulty Level: 2

Kit Price $90.00

K-16-U Un-Sprung Link and Pin Couplers

Little is known about the history of this truly unique derrick car built by Billmeyer & Smalls in the late Nineteenth Century. The only historical record we have is a line drawing from a Billmeyer & Smalls catalog, a sheet of which is reproduced in Narrow Gauge Railroads in America. The car was produced for the Mexican National Construction Co. (a subsidiary of the Denver & Rio Grande) and it is possible that the D&RG also purchased some of these derrick cars for light yard maintenance work. HARTFORD PRODUCTS will greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has more complete information and/or photographs of this car.