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the ready-to-run models will have an MSRP of $30.95. In other
news, Fox Valley reports that a Silverside gondola built from
Southern Railway blueprints will be released later this year.
InterMountain Railway is responsible for marketing Fox Valley
products. For additional information visit intermountain-rail-
way.com.
Imperial Hobby
Productions
( ihphobby.tripod.
com )has released
photos of a prepro-
duction sample of its
SEPTA (Southeastern
Pennsylvania
Transportation
Authority) single-
end LRV (Light Rail
Vehicle) currently under development in China. The 50’ proto-
type cars were delivered to SEPTA in
1981-82 by Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The new cars
replaced the oldest of the PCC trolleys then still in service. IHP’s
injection molded plastic model will eventually be available in
three paint schemes. The first release, scheduled for Fall 20913,
will be decorated for the commemorative run of car #9000 in its
original 1982 livery. Later schemes will include the 1987-1997
design (see prototype photo above), and finally the current all-
white scheme with a fade-away stripe above the windows and
logos on the ends.
Although scaled 1:87
for HO, the car will be
marketed as a non-
powered souvenir
display model with 5’
2.5” gauge wheel sets
to match the broad
gauge SEPTA proto-
type. The model will
be available only through the SEPTA Transit Gift Shop(septa.
org/store). The possibility of a future powered conversion kit for
HO scale is under consideration by IHP as a separate project.
Many of the traction models offered by IHP in the past have
been made of cast resin components. The company plans to
transition gradually from resin casting to plastic. The Kawasaki
LRV represents IHP’s initial injection-molded plastic model.
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