represents a prototype originally built in the late 1940s as a
PRR class X-43 boxcar. The B&O model is priced at $22.95 each
or in a 3-pack with different numbers at $68.85. Both the B&O
and ATSF models come with Micro-TrainsĀ® trucks and couplers.
Fox Valley
is developing all-new tooling for a Canstock box-
car with the side doors offset for more efficient loading.
Special features on the N scale car include different roof pan-
els depending on the era being modeled, knuckle couplers,
metal wheelsets, and photo-etched end walkways. Road
names scheduled for the initial release include B&O and B&O
Chessie System cars with white fiberglass roof panels. Also
a car decorated for CSX with an all- steel roof. The ready-to-
run model will have an MSRP of $24.95 each. InterMountain
Railway is responsible for marketing Fox Valley products.
For additional information visit
.
InterMountain
has scheduled
an October/November release for another production 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
News column - 16
MRH-Apr 2013