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The South Shore Model Railway Club
) is raising
funds through the sale of two versions of a 40’ Southern New
England boxcar produced by Kadee. The prototype, known as
the Titanic Railroad, owned by the Grand Trunk Railway of
Montreal, was conceived as a connection between the Central of
Vermont at Palmer and the Port of Providence, Rhode Island.
The enthusiasm and funding for the planned railroad went down
with the Titanic when the Grand Trunk’s president, Charles M.
Hayes, went down with the ship.
The HO scale ready-to-run models are fictitious schemes
that might have been but never were. The box herald and
maple leaf versions are available at $34.95 each. Shipping
is $5.25 for one car and $1.50 for each additional car.
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Here’s a preview look at a 50' 70-ton newsprint boxcar being
developed by
True Lines Trains
). Almost
3,600 of the prototype cars were built by National Steel Car
Company beginning in 1967. Full details on the HO scale
model, including pricing and availability dates, are pending.
Walthers
will
release another
round of its
General Electric
U28/30B die-
sel locomotive
with new road
names in July. Great Northern and Milwaukee Road will be avail-
able as Phase 2 U28B locomotives. The U30B version will be
available decorated for Seaboard (above) and New York Central.
Each road name will be available in two engine numbers. The HO
scale ready-to-run Proto™ series model comes with constant and
directional LED headlights, metal grab irons and lift rings, and
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