US roadnames will be Seaboard Coast Line, Western Pacific,
B&O, C&O, and Chessie’s GM50 painted gold to celebrate
General Motors 50th anniversary, all for standard GP40-2 mod-
els. Chessie-specific details include a side-mounted bell and rock
pilot. Delivery of the GP40-2L/-2Wmodels is tentatively sched-
uled for December 2013.
Athearn is
scheduled to
release the
next produc-
tion run of
SD40-2 loco-
motives in
July. The run
will include
models with 81” nose decorated for KCS; Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern; and DM&E-Mount Rushmore
scheme. Road names for models with an 88” nose will
include CSX (current YN3 scheme), Oneida & Western,
Missouri Pacific, and BN (black and green). Also in the mix
is a Union Pacific "Fast Forty" version with a 116” nose as
shown here. Athearn’s HO scale ready-to-run standard DC
analog SD40-2 locomotives have an MSRP of $134.98. They
are DCC-ready using Athearn’s Quick Plug™ technology.
Also due
from Athearn
in July is a
Genesis®
series GP15-1
decorated for
BN (green
and black
with white
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face), Chicago & North Western, Conrail, and California
Northern. Non-sound units with a DCC-ready Quick Plug™ will
have an MSRP of $189.98. Sound-equipped models have
Soundtraxx® Tsunami® DCC decoders will list at $289.98.
By late July
or early
August,
Athearn
plans to
release
another pro-
duction run
of GP38-2
diesel locomotives. In addition to the Rock Island-David P.
Morgan version shown here, the Genesis® series model will
be available decorated for Norfolk Southern (horse head
scheme), Milwaukee Road, and Burlington Northern (black
and green scheme). The model will have an MSRP of
$289.98 and will come with Soundtraxx® Tsunami® sound
and DCC decoder. An undecorated non-sound DC unit will be
offered at $189.98.
Also due in late July or early August is a group of SD40T-2
locomotives in new decorating schemes. The HO scale mod-
els are in Athearn’s ready-to-roll series with an MSRP of
$134.98. Road names will be Union Pacific, NYS&W-
Susquehanna, Kansas City Southern, and Denver & Rio
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