 
          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.
        
        
          News column - 19
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Mar 2013