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introduced in 1966. Features of ExactRail’s ready-to-run
Platinum series model include Kadee #58 couplers, wire grab
irons, wire uncoupling levers, separately applied air hoses, an
etched-metal Morton brake platform, and ASF 100-ton Ride
Control® trucks with ExactRail’s machined 36” wheel sets.
Decorating schemes include Pennsylvania, Western Pacific,
Burlington Northern (name spelled out and large bold BN ini-
tials), Burlington Northern (small BN), Seaboard Air Line, and
Conrail (above left in the late grey paint). Six numbers are avail-
able for each of the cars mentioned above. The Conrail car
shown above right in the as-built red scheme will be available
in three numbers. Just one number is available for a Cargill car
in unique patch paint. ExactRail’s 4750 is available direct at
$46.95 each.
HO Fox Valley Models’
2013 production
schedule includes
HO scale class M-53
wagon-top box-
cars decorated for
three well-known
model railroads: Tony
Koester’s Allegheny
Midland; W. Allen
McClelland’s Virginia
& Ohio; and the
Cumberland Valley System built by brothers Bill and Wayne
Reid. M-53s decorated for real roads will include B&O 1955-
1962 billboard scheme with Youngstown doors, and a B&O
C-16 dark green express car with flat steel doors. All versions of
and 3/4” (.75”). The awnings have an MSRP of $9.98 for a pack-
age of 12.
Classic Metal Works
has released
its highly-anticipated
Scenicruiser
Greyhound bus. The
HO scale version of
the GMC 1954-era
inter-city bus is avail-
able with unique
numbers and destination signs for New York City, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and St. Louis. An unmarked version is also available.
Additional details include separately applied side mirrors and
dual windshield wipers. The MSRP is $27.50.
Also coming this
month are HO scale
models of a 1950
Plymouth four-door
sedan. Visit the
above web site for
additional details.
ExactRail
) has completed another release of its
HO scale Magor 4750 cu ft three-bay covered hopper car. The
HO scale model replicates the aluminum prototype Magor
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