New Limited Edition NWX 40ft Wooden Refrigerator Car Kit Available From PNW Steam Shop
PNW Steam Shop is offering preorders on a Brickworld 2023 exclusive NWX 40ft Wooden Refrigerator Car Stud Counter Full Kit. This limited run Stud Counter full kit features high quality printed instructions, new LEGO pieces, required custom parts, and decals printed directly to brick by @figfablabs. When ordering the kit you can also choose whether you want to receive magnet or knuckle couplers for the refrigerator car.
In addition to the fact that the model looks very impressive I also really appreciate that they include some history surrounding the car on the product page for this kit.
The North Western Refrigerator Line (NWX) was a Chicago, Illinois-based private refrigerator car line established in 1924, one of the last such companies to be formed. Between 1924 and 1940 the company acquired more than 3,000 new wood refrigerator cars originally built by the American Car and Foundry Company, and leased the former Ringling Brothers Circus railroad car plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin to serve as a car shop The NWX was closely allied with the Chicago and North Western Railway as several officials also held positions at the C&NW. In 1946 the North American Car Company purchased the NWX, though all cars continued to carry the NWX reporting marks. During the 1950s the fleet was rebuilt at North American's Green Bay, Hudson, and Baraboo facilities. North American closed the Baraboo shops in December 1963 as new mechanical reefers were being purchased, and refurbishment of wood cars was no longer required. By 1978, only 25 NWX cars were left in service. When North American was taken over by General Electric Railcar in 1984, the few remaining cars were stored, and dismantled soon thereafter.
Overall this is an excellent looking refrigerator car and it is great to see a kit for sale that contains everything required for building the model (bricks, couplers, etc.) as it makes the build process so much easier. I also really like the fact that they are printing the decals directly onto the bricks as this adds an extra level of awesomeness and quality to the look of the finished model. I highly recommend following the link below to the PNW Steam Shop store and picking up this refrigerator car kit while you can as there are only a limited number available according to the website. Also, in order to pick this kit up in person at Brickworld Chicago 2023 and not be charged shipping there is a coupon code to enter in the purchase process (BW2023 according to a post by the company on Instagram).
