January News column - 19
The silver business car is decorated for BNSF #1. It was built by
Budd in 1952 for the then-president of the CB&Q Harry Murphy.
The car has had several names including CB&Q “Burlington” and
BN’s “Mississipi River.” Today it has been refitted and relabeled
with BNSF’s new “Swoosh” logo and the name of former BN CEO
Gerald Grinstein who was part of the merging of the BN and
ATSF into the BNSF. Features include dome roof antennas and
new name plates above the cars corrugated sides. Kato’s BNSF
business car #1 has an MSRP of $80.00.
Kato has introduced an N scale container picker. The North
American style vehicle features an adjustable lift crane that can
hold Kato’s 40’ and 53’ containers at both raised and lowered
positions.
For stability the
picker has a heavy
die-cast base. It is
available in either red
or yellow at an MSRP
of $25.00 each.
Later this month Kato
is scheduled to begin
selling individual
models of its N scale
MRH-Jan 2013
