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Briefly noted at press time...
. . . Look for
Athearn division of Horizon Hobby
)
to introduce at least three new locomotives this year. The iden-
tity of the first will be revealed at the Amherst Railroad Hobby
Show to be held later this month in West Springfield, Massa-
chusetts.
. . .
Imperial Hobby Production
of Wynnewood, Pennsylva-
nia
has completed tooling for a plastic
injection molded single-ended Kawasaki LRV decorated for
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Although the non-powered HO scale model is being developed
for sale through SEPTA’s Gift Store, it seems likely that IHP will
eventually offer a power conversion kit for the static display
model. We’ll have additional details, including pre-production
photos, next month.
. . .
Atlas O
) will release its O scale ACF 8,000 gal-
lon type 27 riveted tank car with new decorating schemes
sometime during the third quarter of this year. Road names
will be Shipper’s Car Line, Champlin Refining, Colorado Animal
By-Products, Lion Oils, Omar Refining, and Shell Chemical. The
3-rail version of the ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of
$69.95, with the 2-rail edition listing at $74.95.
