stainless steel cars are popular with private collectors and sev-
eral operate in charter service.
Road names on the CZ diner include CB&Q Silver Café, D&RGW
Silver Banquet, Western Pacific Silver Platter, Amtrak Silver
Diner (above), and Amtrak Silver Restaurant. Names on the
sleeping car are CB&Q Silver Maple, D&RGW Silver Aspen
(below), WP Silver Palm, Amtrak Silver Larch, and Amtrak Silver
Cedar. Both cars will also be available unlettered.
Key features include working diaphragms, accurately repre-
sented stainless-steel corrugations and welding seams, and
interior LED lighting using a choice of either track or self-con-
tained battery power. The cars will be available for 3-rail at
$149.95 and for 2-rail operation at $154.95.
Atlas O has scheduled a second quarter release for its
Master® series three-bay and six-bay covered hoppers in
new decorating schemes. Three-bay cars will be available
for SHPX-Agrico, NAHX- Amerthene, NAHX-Dresser Minerals,
and JHPX-Huntsman Chemical. Cars with six-bays will be
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line, and Wabash (above). Undecorated
models will be available for both versions. Special features
on the O scale ready-to-run models include see-through roof
walks, operating hatches, die-cast 100-ton roller-bearing
trucks with rotating bearing caps, and separately applied grab
irons and brake detail. Three-rail models will have an MSRP
of $64.95, with 2-rail models priced at $69.95. The minimum
radius track for reliable operation on 3-rail versions of the
car is 0-31 for the three-bay car and 0-42 for the six-bay car.
Bachmann
) has an On30 articulated 2-4-
4-2 steam locomotive with a choice of two cabs and four paint
schemes. The locomotive is available with a steel cab decorated
in plain black or black with red windows and white stripes. The
same decorating options are available on the locomotive with
a wood cab (above). The model comes with a choice of three
stacks, three types of headlights and an optional bunker to con-
vert the fuel to oil. An optional type of pilot is also included. The
ready-to-run locomotive comes with DCC for speed, direction,
and lighting. A companion Plug-and-Play 16-bit Tsunami® sound
module that can be plugged into the factory installed decoder
provides sound specific to the prototype. The DCC-equipped
locomotive has an MSRP of $525.00. The special 2-4-4-2 sound
module is sold separately at $119.00.
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