variables include the size of the fuel tank (1700, 2600 or 3600
gallon) and either type B or type M Blomberg trucks. All of the
details are itemized in Athearn’s new on-line catalog that can
be viewed at the above website.
Also coming in late June are Bombardier bi-level commuter
coaches and coach-cab units decorated for Utah Front-Runner,
Seattle Sounder, LA Metro Link, and Cal Train. Features include
see-through windows, detailed interior, diaphragms, and sepa-
rately-applied grab irons. Coach-cab cars have a horn and bell
and will be available individually at an MSRP of $49.98.
Coaches will be available in 3- packs at an MSRP of $149.98.
Athearn will soon offer HO scale 50’ flat cars with two 25’
removable trailers at an MSRP of $33.98. Three road num-
bers each will be available for Pennsylvania Railroad, Canadian
National, Union Pacific, and Milwaukee Road as seen here.
Availability is expected in June.
mineral red doors at $15.98; a Louisville & Nashville steel box-
car at $15.98; and a Rock Island 50-ton offset-side twin-bay
hopper car at $15.98. Limited run sets of car kits currently
available include a 3-pack of Pennsylvania USRA twin-bay
open-top hopper cars painted black with white 1960s-era let-
tering at $42.98, and a 3-pack of Southern Pacific 40’ single-
sheathed, outside-braced wood boxcars at $44.98. The SP set
includes one each of a 6-panel car with metal ends, an 8-panel
car with wood doors and ends, and an 8-panel car with wood
doors and metal ends. All prices quoted are MSRP. Accurail
models are HO scale kits and include appropriate trucks and
Accumate couplers.
Athearn
) has scheduled another release of
GP38-2 Phase 1 diesels for late June. Decorating schemes on
the HO scale Genesis series locomotives will include Burlington
Northern (green), Milwaukee Road, Norfolk Southern, Rock
Island, and undecorated. Non-sound models will be DCC-
ready using Quick Plug™ technology. They will have an MSRP
of $189.98 each. Sound-equipped models have Soundtraxx®
Tsunami® DCC decoders and have an MSRP of $289.98 each.
Several details such as snow plows, front steps, ditch lights,
exhaust stacks, horns, antenna, cab sides, mirrors and sun-
shades, dynamic brakes, and bell location will vary depending
on the prototype practice of the road being modeled. Other
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