Four different road numbers will be available for each road.
Non-sound units will be DCC-ready using Quick Plug™ technol-
ogy. They will have an MSRP of $189.98 each. Sound-equipped
models will list at $289.98 and come with Soundtrax®
Tsunami® DCC decoders.
Athearn has
released a 52'
mill gondola
decorated in
four new road
names includ-
ing CP Rail (black
with PacMan scheme), Canadian National, Burlington Northern
(black), and GONX Railgon (above). The HO scale ready-to-run
model has an MSRP of $24.98.
Also new from
Athearn is a 40'
double-door box-
car decorated
for Santa Fe with
“Ship and Travel
Santa Fe – all the
way” slogan);
Great Northern; Ashley, Drew & Northern; and CP Rail (next
column).
News column - 7
Athearn’s HO scale
ready-to-run double
door boxcars have an
MSRP of $23.98 each.
In late May, Athearn expects to release a 50' plug-door insulated
boxcar with an MSRP of $31.98. The HO scale ready-to-run model
is based on a prototype built by North American Car Corporation.
Road names will include NIRX-Dresser Magcobar (above), Pearl
Brewing, Brown Company, and Western Pacific (below).
Depending upon the prototype practice of the road, the model
will have either Pullman-Standard or Stanray roofs, and either
Pullman-Standard or Superior doors.
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