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Grande Western. The KCS and DRGW locomotives have an
81” nose.
Athearn has
scheduled
an August
release
date for the
next run of
Genesis®
series F3
units. In addition to the D&RGW model shown here, road
names will include DL&W (maroon and gray Lackawanna
scheme), and Santa Fe (red and silver warbonnet). F3A
units for analog DC operation will list at $169.99 or $269.98
with Soundtraxx® Tsunami® DCC decoders. Matched A/A
or A/B units with sound and DCC decoders will have MSRPs
of $489.98. Matched A/B units for DC operation will list at
$309.98.
Atlas Model
Railroad
Company
(atlasrr.com )
has scheduled
a second pro-
duction run of 40’ insulated plug-door boxcars for delivery
during the fourth quarter of 2013. In addition to the RBWX
Western Fruit Express car shown here with a Great Northern
herald, the ready-to-run model will be available decorated
for PC-Fruit Growers Express, RBNX-Fruit Growers Express,
Milwaukee Road, PVYX-Merchants Despatch, and SSW
Cotton Belt.
The HO scale
Trainman®
series model
will have an
MSRP of
$21.95 each.
An undecorated version will list at $15.95.
Atlas has also
scheduled the
release of 40’
wood reef-
ers for the
fourth quarter.
Decorating
schemes will
include Kraft-
WRX (silver
body), MTC-
Brookside
Creamery, NRC-A&P, NWX-Eatmore Cranberries, MRS-
Ralston Purina, MSEX- Silver Edge, and the NRC Borden’s car
shown here that displays a different advertising message on
each side of the car. The HO scale Master® series ready-to-
run model will have an MSRP of $31.95 each. An undeco-
rated model will list at $26.95.
At the Supertrain Show held in Calgary last month, Bowser
(bowser-trains.com) announced preliminary plans to
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MRH-May 2013