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Western (two number in 1989 zito yellow paint scheme),
Chesapeake & Ohio (three road numbers in the original 1962
gray paint with a C&O for Progress logo), CSX (three road
numbers in tan paint); Kansas City Southern (two numbers
in brown repaint with large KCS initials), and Wisconsin &
Southern (two numbers in original gray paint with the distinc-
tive Canada Goose logo).
Re-issues of ear-
lier paint schemes
include three
new road num-
bers each for a
Chicago, Burlington,
& Quincy (origi-
nal gray paint with
red lettering, and Burlington Route herald in black and red),
Chicago & North Western (distinctive Clinton Green paint), and
Milwaukee Road (original gray).
Selected features
include painted,
scale-sized wire
grab irons and
uncoupling levers;
etched-metal run-
ning boards and
brake platforms;
air hoses; and thin-profile brake piping. The model comes
with Kadee® couplers and 100-ton type N-11 trucks with 36"
metal wheels. The HO scale PS-2CD 4000 covered hoppers
have an MSRP of $42.95 each. Tangent encourages mixing
for multiple car discounts on quantity purchases in incre-
ments of 6, 12, 36 and 48. Visit the above website for details.
News column - 12
Walthers
) has released four Budd stainless
steel passenger cars including an 85' dome car (above), an 85'
1-drawing room/29-seat lounge car (Santa Fe below), a 63'
RPO car (NYC car below), and a 73' baggage car (Amtrak Phase
I car below).
The four cars are available decorated for Santa Fe, CB&Q,
New York Central, and Rock Island (all with black letters on a
silver letterboard), PRR (gold letters on a Tuscan letterboard),
Canadian Pacific (gold letters on a maroon letterboard),
Southern Pacific (silver letters on a red letter-board), and
Amtrak Phase IV paint scheme. Amtrak Phase III is available
on all cars except the RPO. Amtrak Phase I and II schemes are
available on the baggage car only (next page).
MRH-Apr 2013
