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Over the next three months Kato plans to release its
Gunderson Maxi 1 well cars in three different road names. Each
sales item will consist of five well-cars and ten 40’ containers.
The March release will be for DTTX cars with Maersk contain-
ers. BNSF (swoosh scheme) cars with MOL containers (above)
will be released in April. AOK well-cars with Hanjin containers
are due for release in May. Each road name will be available
in two different number sets. The MSRP is $150.00 per set.
Trainworx
has released road names for the
fall production run of its N scale 52’6” corrugated gondolas.
Features of the ready-to-run model include separate brake
wheel and stand, etched-metal grab irons, ladders, footboards,
sill steps, tow rings, retaining valve release linkage, and
100-ton trucks with Fox Valley metal wheelsets. Road names
will be Santa Fe, Conrail, and Penn
Central in a choice of 12 numbers at $28.95 each. Cars deco-
rated for Great Northern and Union Pacific will also come
in 12 numbers at $26.95 each. Six numbers will be available
for Burlington Northern and Northern Pacific cars at $26.95
each. Pre orders are due March 31 for delivery this fall.
as well as Erie Lackawanna and Conrail versions on a modi-
fied Spartan body. A cast resin New Haven 8600 series coach
with etched-metal detail parts is currently under development.
Visit the above web site for pricing and ordering instructions.
N scale Fox Valley Models
2013 production schedule includes
class M-53 wagon top boxcars 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 the Reid brothers, Bill and Wayne. M-53s dec-
orated 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 a flat steel door. The ready-to-run N scale
models will have an MSRP of $19.95.
Additional N scale items on Fox Valley’s production sched-
ule include three body styles of a B&O Canstock car,
three-bay class H-30 hopper cars, and Milwaukee Road
rib-side cabooses with oil tanks and modernized end lad-
ders with splash guards. Paint schemes on the caboose will
include MOW and St. Maries River. Currently under devel-
opment for release later this year is a Silverside gondola
built from Southern Railway blueprints. InterMountain
Railway is responsible for marketing Fox Valley products.
For more information visit
Kato’s
) March schedule includes reruns of its N
scale SD40-2 diesel locomotive decorated for Chicago North
Western and Union Pacific, as well as new paint schemes for
Wisconsin & Southern (above), and Pan Am Railroad. All road
names are available in two numbers. The standard DC models
have an MSRP of $118.00 each.
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