GS Gondola |
Operating Triple Hopper |
Composite Gondola |
Piggyback Flat Car |
Bekins Moving Van |
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Ulrich Models Kits was started
by Charlie Ulrich in 1946 while working at North American Aviation. The
first
model was
a signal lamp followed by the track cleaning car. Over the years the
following models were produced:
- Signal Lamp
- Track Cleaning Car
- Standard and Offset-Side Twin Hoppers
- Composite Gondola
- Modern and Truss Rod Flat Cars
- Outside Braced Boxcar
- American Transit Reefer
- Stock Car
- Piggy Back Flat Car (TOFC)
- Operating Triple Hopper
- Operating GS Gondola
- Mack and Kenworth Tractor and Trailers.
Before selling the company to Walthers sometime in the 1970s, Ulrich
Models Kits was also producing slot cars.
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Charlie Ulrich working on a hopper car in 1952 |
Charlie Ulrich is still alive and well. In the future, RailStop.com
will publish the history of Ulrich Models as well as many interesting
railroad stories told by Charlie Ulrich. |
