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
