schemes. The selec-
tion includes 40th
Anniversary Phase I
(road number 156),
Phase II (#66), Phase
III (#145, top photo),
and Phase IV (#184,
above). Amtrak phase Vb versions will be available for road
numbers 61 and 80. The ready-to-run models have an MSRP of
$120.00 each.
Also available from Kato are three variations of Metra
F40PH locomotives. The colorful commuter units are distin-
guished by names on side of the cabs that read City of West
Chicago, City of Elmhurst, and Village of Winfield. The new
models are equipped with a revised circuit board that pro-
vides directional head and tail lights on the nose for push-
pull operation, and new Metra-specific roof detailing. The
ready-to-run N scale models have an MSRP of $120 each.
Micro-Trains
Line
will release
a 4-car pack
of Chesapeake & Ohio three-bay covered hopper cars in March.
The ready-to-run set of N scale cars has an MSRP of $109.95.
Scheduled for arrival in April is a 4-car pack of CP Rail boxcars in
yellow with the distinctive Pac-man scheme in black and white at
one end of the car.
Micro-Trains is scheduled to
release its Civil War Confederate
train set in March. The five piece
set includes the W&A Railroad’s 4-4-0 General steam locomotive,
a Memphis & Charleston boxcar, NOJ&G flat car with a lumber
load, a Manassas Gap flat car with two 13” siege mortar guns,
and a side-door caboose decorated for the A&N Railroad. The cars
feature new underframe and truss rod detail, rigid-frame trucks,
and simulated link & pin-style couplers. The set has an MSRP of
$189.95. The locomotive is produced by Bachmann®. The simu-
lated link & pin couplers are not designed for automatic coupling
and uncoupling.
Individual Civil War-era cars decorated for the United States
Military Railroad will be released in March. They include a box-
car and side door caboose at $17.70 each, and a flat car with a
load at $16.90 each. All prices are MSRP. The same cars deco-
rated for the W&A Railroad are scheduled for release in April.
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