door and painted in the 1952 as-delivered red oxide. The MSRP
is $32.95. A similar Chicago North Western boxcar with an 8’
P-S door is also scheduled for delivery in April. It will have an
MSRP of $35.95.
The third new Kadee car due in April is a 40’ PS-1 box-
car with an 8’ PS door decorated for Missouri Pacific. In
addition to MP’s familiar circular-saw herald, the car dis-
plays slogans for both DF2 Loader, and Route of the
Eagles. The ready-to-run HO scale model has an MSRP
of $34.95 and is painted in 1960 as-new boxcar red.
Moloco
is
offering its Freightmaster ME-10
EOC cushioning unit in a Fleet-Pak
of ten pair. The ME-10 EOC cush-
ioning unit is designed for Kadee™
Whisker® couplers. It is correct
for application on 50’ through 89’
box, refrigerator, caboose, gon-
dola, and flat cars. The EOC units
are applied to cars with a fixed sill for a 10” travel in each end.
This kit reproduces the fixed draft end sill and cushion unit all
in one part with an external return spring. Each EOC includes
fixed end sill/cushion unit (same width as Kadee #78 coupler
box), coupler covers, screws (use 1/16” tap drill for car body
mounting), air hose brackets, and Hi-Tech rubber air hoses. The
Fleet-Pak is available direct only at $66.00.
Proto87 Stores
has introduced The Mole V1.1,
a versatile stall-motor switch
machine that offers several
mounting options. In addition
to its small size, the V1.1 fea-
tures a double acting sideways
operating arm and built-in
SPDT contacts for power routing to frogs and signals.
The V1.1 can be installed under the layout, surface mounted
by the turnout, or in any location with mechanical action by
a wire-in-tube or other mechanical linkage. The unit operates
from switched +/- 12 volt DC at nominal 30 mA stall current.
The V1.1 comes with two 200 ohm resistors which require sol-
dering. The Mole V1.1 weighs approximately 3 ounces and is
available at $12.95 each.
RSlaserKits
)
has introduced an HO scale
kit called Randolph Depot.
The model is based on a pro-
totype that served the 2-foot
Kennebec Central Railroad in
Randolph, Maine. More than
230 pieces of precision laser-
cut wood are included in the
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