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Briefly noted at press time...
. . . Here’s a quick summary of some of the new items shown at
the recent Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show.
MTH
displayed an early production sample of its O scale GP30
with Proto-Sound 3.0 decorated for Norfolk Southern, Burling-
ton, Chessie, and Alaska Railroad. The MSRP is $439.95.
InterMountain Railway
displayed both HO and N scale samples
of an ACF two-bay covered hopper with new paint schemes.
They included The Rock, ACFX-Saskatchewan Minerals, CNW,
Southern, BN (green), BNSF (boxcar red), GTW and Great
Northern.
Atlas O
showed samples of its Trainman® series 62’ bulkhead
flat cars scheduled for release during the second quarter of this
year. Road names will be BNSF, CP, IC, TTPX, and UP. Cars with
3-rail trucks will have an MSRP of $46.95, 2-rail at $49.95.
Also in the Atlas booth were N scale Thrall 4750 cu ft cov-
ered hopper cars scheduled for release this quarter. Road
names will be First Union Rail, Illinois Grain, Scoular, and
SSAM. The cars have an MSRP of $22.95. Undecorated ver-
sions will list at $18.95.
For the HO crowd, Atlas showed its ACF 23,500 gallon general
purpose insulated tank car in six new paint schemes including
Ennar Latex, Exxon, Invista, J&J Railcar Leasing, and Southern
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