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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
        
        
        
        
        
          
            Imperial Hobby
          
        
        
          
            Productions
          
        
        
        
        
        
        
           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.
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Mar 2013