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ExactRail’s paint schemes include the so-called wartime scheme
introduced in late 1940 with a new capitol herald created by
famed industrial designer Otto Kuhler (above), and a mid-1945
scheme with a “Linking 13 Great States” slogan around the capi-
tol herald. Also the postwar scheme with the same herald and
“Baltimore & Ohio” lettering high on the left side of the car as
introduced in 1946 (below).
Railway Express
Agency versions of
the M-53 include
a car decorated in
blue, a color B&O
used on a variety of
its equipment, and
in coach green (below). Both REA cars have gold lettering.
The HO scale
ready-to-run
model comes
with Kadee® #58
couplers, and
50-ton Barber
S-2 solid bearing
trucks with 33" machined wheels. The HO scale ready-to-run
Platinum series model is available direct at $33.95 each.
InterMountain Railway
has
scheduled an October/November release for another produc-
tion run of its EMD F7 series diesel locomotive. Road names
include Baltimore & Ohio; Southern Pacific; ATSF; Bessemer
& Lake Erie; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac; Penn
Central; Milwaukee Road; and NJ Transit. A-units decorated
for B&O and SP will be equipped with a snow plow. Matching
B-units will be offered in all road names with the exception of
NJ Transit. A-units will have an MSRP of $149.95 or $229.95
for units equipped with sound. B-units are $10.00 less.
InterMountain reports that since the previous run of F-units
significant increases in manufacturing costs have forced them
to raise MSRPs on future production releases. Our report on
F7 models expected in Oct/Nov reflects the new prices. Prices
on InterMountain’s metal wheelsets have also been slightly
increased. Check with your dealer for additional details.
Also scheduled to arrive from InterMountain in October or
November is another release of Class R-40-25 steel refrig-
erator cars. Road names will include a re-run of PFE cars
with the original SP-UP double herald in color as well as in
black and white. New decorating schemes will include PFE
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