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which operated it as a separate entity until around 1930. It
later became part of Penn Central and ultimately Conrail. The
kit is priced at $14.98.
An HO scale 50’ welded-side insulated plug-door boxcar deco-
rated for Illinois Central is also new from Accurail. The model
represents a car built in 1967. The kit is priced at $15.98.
All Accurail HO scale car kits include appropriate trucks and
Accumate couplers.
American Model
Builders (laser-
kit.com)is sell-
ing a pair of
Louisville &
Nashville tool
sheds based
on information
supplied by the
L&N Railroad
Historical Society. The prototype structures were used for
storing handcars, tools, and supplies required for the con-
struction and maintenance of roadbed and trackwork. The
small structures were located along the mainline, at sidings,
and in yards at intervals of three to 10 miles apart.
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All wood components in the kit are laser-cut including
board-and-batten wall siding, exposed rafter tails, interior
flooring, and positionable trackside doors with hinge and
hasp lock details. Rolled roofing material is provided along
with code 70 rail for the handcar setoff. Each assembled
shed measures 1.75” wide x 2.25” deep x 1.5” high. Kit #192
has an MSRP of $24.95 and has enough material to build
two HO scale sheds.
Also new from
American Model
Builders is Cullen
Station, a small
multi-purpose
depot based
on a structure
from the Norfolk
Division of the
Virginian Railway.
The prototype housed the agent’s office, a 9’ 4” x 12’ freight
room with adjacent loading dock, and an attached open shed
waiting shelter. The HO scale kit #180 is composed of laser-
cut components. It has an MSRP of $24.95.
At the recent
Supertrain Show
in Calgary,
Canada, Athearn
Division of
Horizon Hobby
(athearn.com)
unveiled prepro-
duction samples
of a new group of
HO scale Genesis® EMD GP40-2L/-2W Canadian locomotives
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