ready-to-run cars follows pro-
totypes built originally built by
Magor and later by both ACF
and St. Louis Car Company.
New road names will be Alaska
Railroad, B&M, Delaware &
Hudson, Grand Trunk Western,
Norfolk Southern, Santa Fe,
and Providence & Worcester.
New numbers on previously
released roads include Pere
Marquette, C&O (yellow and
blue scheme), and C&O in red with white lettering as seen
here. The MSRP will be $18.95. An undecorated model will be
available at $13.95.
Also scheduled to arrive during the second quarter of this year
is an Atlas Trainman® series two-bay Centerflow hopper car.
Road names on this third production run of the ready-to-run
car will be ACFX, Conrail, CSXT (here), Winchester & Western,
NAHX, and Southern
Pacific. The N scale
ready-to-run model will
have an MSRP of $14.95.
An undecorated version
will be available at
$11.95.
Atlas plans to deliver its Master® series GP38-2 diesel
locomotive in new paint schemes during the third quar-
ter of this year. Road names on the N scale ready-to-run
model include CP; DT&I; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Guilford
(B&M); ICG; KCS; St. Laurence & Hudson; and SP (above).
Undecorated versions both with and without extended
dynamic brake housings will also be available. Standard DC
locomotives will have an MSRP of $119.95, while units with
a factory installed NCE DCC decoder will list for $154.95.
New contemporary graphics will be featured on the next release
of
BLMA’s
) 64’ TrinCool refrigerator car. The
distinctive TPIX-Tropicana car is equipped with a ThermoKing
refrigeration unit at one end. The N scale ready-to-run model
will be available in 24 unique numbers at an MSRP of $26.95
each. For the benefit of modelers who adhere strictly to pro-
totype practice, BLMA noted that it is offering this model as a
stand-in since it differs slightly from the prototype that wears
this particular decorating scheme.
Deluxe Innovations
) has scheduled a
third quarter delivery date for a 1944 AAR 40’ boxcar decorated
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