Athearn’s 34' two-
bay offset-side 50-ton
hopper car will be
available this sum-
mer decorated for
Rock Island, Illinois
Central, Baltimore
& Ohio, and
Canadian Pacific (above). The HO scale ready-to-run
model has an MSRP of $19.98 each. It will also be avail-
able in a 6-pack with different car numbers at $119.98.
In addition to the Herzog scheme shown above, the Evans
52' gondola coming in the third quarter of this year from
Atlas
) will be available in five other road names.
They include Aberdeen & Rockfish, Amtrak, Chicago & North
Western, Grand Trunk Western, and Boston & Maine (with a
Minute Man herald). Each road name of the HO scale ready-to-
run Trainman® series model will be available in four new num-
bers at an MSRP of $21.95 each. An undecorated version will
also be available for $14.95.
Also due from Atlas
in the third quarter
is another release of
its 50' rib-side boxcar
that follows a pro-
totype built by ASF
News column - 8
MRH-Apr 2013