for Detroit Toledo & Ironton. The decorating scheme consists of
a brown body, black roof, and DT&I’s distinctive compass her-
ald. Additional details are positionable Youngstown doors, and
etched metal running board, brake wheel and sill steps. The N
scale ready-to-run model will come in six road numbers with an
MSRP of $23.95 each. Also new are 40’ refrigerated containers
decorated for Transamerica Leasing in a 2-pack at $18.95, and
decorated for APL in a 5-pack at $39.95.
Great Lakes Models
has added a kit
for an N scale version of a nondescript shed. It is based on a
farm structure in Holland, Wisconsin, however the design lends
itself to numerous applications including railside as a tool or light
equipment shed. The principal components of the kit are laser-
etched styrene. It is available with either a wood shingle roof or
a metal roof as seen above. Either style is available at an MSRP
of $22.36 each.
InterMountain Railway
) will
release another production run of the ever-popular F3 locomo-
tive in late spring. Both A and B units of the N scale diesel will
be offered in six new paint schemes plus a rerun of two previ-
ously issued road names. The reruns will be for Union Pacific
and Santa Fe warbonnet. New road names will be Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis (blue and gray); Great Northern (orange
scheme); Great Northern (two-tone green); Southern Railway
(black); Chicago Great Western (maroon); and Lackawanna
(freight scheme). The A units of the ready-to-run locomotives
will have an MSRP of $99.95 each. B units list at $94.95.
Kato
)
has N scale models
of General Electric’s
4200 horsepower
P42 Genesis loco-
motives in five dif-
ferent Amtrak paint
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MRH-Feb 2013