 
          optional scale couplers will list at $79.95. The 2-rail version will
        
        
          list at $84.95 each. Availability is planned for the second quar-
        
        
          ter of this year.
        
        
          Atlas-O will release a new run of its O scale model of a Thrall-
        
        
          built articulated auto carrier with delivery set for the third
        
        
          quarter of 2013. New paint schemes will be available for
        
        
          FXE, FOKL, Norfolk Southern, and TTX as seen here. Special
        
        
          details include operating end doors, detailed interior deck-
        
        
          ing, separately-applied wire grab irons, complete brake line
        
        
          details, and 70-ton roller-bearing trucks. The model is 35“
        
        
          long and comes with an adjustable articulated diaphragm
        
        
          with curvature settings for O-42, O-54, and O-63 operation.
        
        
          The 3-rail version has an MSRP of $134.95 and requires a
        
        
          minimum radius of 42” for reliable operation. The 2-rail ver-
        
        
          sion lists at $141.95 and requires a 36” minimum radius.
        
        
          
            NEW PRODUCTS FOR HO SCALE
          
        
        
          
            Accurail
          
        
        
        
        
        
           has listed several new freight car kits
        
        
          this month including a Baltimore & Ohio 40’ wood reefer with a
        
        
          fishbelly underframe at $16.98. The ends, roof and underframe
        
        
          are all oxide red.
        
        
          January News column - 4
        
        
          MRH-Jan 2013