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boxcar is such a car. They proved sturdy and in some cases saw
non–interchange service into the 1960s.
Mullett’s craftsman kit uses a brass etching for the center sill
and a cast brass bolster to simulate the cast steel bolster of the
prototype. The body is constructed of basswood and aircraft-
grade plywood. The wood for the car body is scribed on both
sides so the door can be left open to show interior details.
Radial roofs were common on many Northern Pacific cars,
and the Enterprise metal roof of the prototype is represented
on the model with white metal castings for the ribs between
the metal panels of the roof covering. The kit is priced at
$135.00. It comes with decals but without trucks or couplers.
HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accurail
has released
seven new freight
car kits this month
including the Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern
triple-bay covered hopper shown above. The model is based
on a triple-bay covered hopper built by ACF. The kit is priced at
$16.98 and like all Accurail kits includes trucks and Accumate
couplers. Also priced at $16.98 is a new kit for a 40' MDT steel
refrigerator car with a Gulf Mobile & Ohio herald.
Other new kits
include this N&W 50'
riveted-side, com-
bination-door steel
boxcar at $15.98, a
Western Maryland
55-ton USRA open
hopper car at $14.98, and a D&RGW 40' double-door steel
boxcar at $15.98.
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Of special note is
a 3-pack of Great
Northern wood
boxcar kits priced
at $44.98. The
trio includes two
USRA double-
sheathed cars (above), and one single-sheathed car with steel
Dreadnaught ends.
Accurail has also
released a kit
for a Louisville
& Nashville
50' welded
boxcar with a
Youngstown
door. Priced at $15.98, the car is decorated with both a
Cushioned Cargo logo and “The Dixie Line” slogan.
By the end of
April,
Athearn
)
expects to release
its Genesis series
GP9 locomo-
tive in four new
road names.
Decorating schemes for the HO scale ready-to-run models
will be Chicago & North Western (above), Conrail, Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, and Baltimore & Ohio (next page).
MRH-Apr 2013
