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Mining), PC-Conrail patch, NYSW, and SIXX. A model deco-
rated for Delta Bulk Terminal is also in the run but has already
been sold out. Standard DC units with an NMRA DCC-ready
plug will have an MSRP of $199.95. Models with sound and a
DCC decoder installed will have an MSRP of $299.95.
Bowser’s sum-
mer delivery
schedule also
includes a spe-
cial release of an
Executive series
U25b locomo-
tive decorated
as Southern Pacific #3100. The model faithfully replicates
the refurbished prototype housed at the Orange Empire
Railroad Museum (OREM) at Perris, California. Features
include new 9’ 4” AAR B trucks, MU hoses, air hose, wind-
shield wipers, properly positioned grab irons, uncoupling
bar, and operating headlight. The handrails have been
upgraded from Bowser’s earlier release of the U25b.
Standard DC models with an NMRA DCC-ready plug will have
an MSRP of $199.95. Models with sound and a DCC decoder
will have an MSRP of $299.95. Bowser will donate $15.00 to
OREM for each model sold.
produce an HO scale version of the Canadian-built SD40-
2. Few details were available but the reaction of Canadian
modelers at Supertrain was universally positive.
Bowser has scheduled a spring release date for its Baldwin
DS-4-4-10 switcher. The prototype saw service on innumer-
able railroads as nearly 500 of the locomotives were built
between 1946 and 1951. Bowser’s HO scale Executive series
model will be available decorated for Canadian Pacific
(maroon and gray), CP Rail (Pacman scheme), Western
Maryland (fireball scheme), Santa Fe (black body, zebra
stripes), SOO (red and white), Erie Lackawanna,
Pennsylvania, Norfolk Southern, and Chicago Great Western.
The ready-to-run DS-4-4-10 models will be available for
standard DC operation (equipped with an NMRA DCC-ready
plug) at an MSRP of $169.95. Models with sound and a DCC
decoder will have an MSRP of $279.95.
A second release of Bowser’s ALCo Century C-636 road
switcher is scheduled for this summer. Road names will be
Morris-Knudsen Leasing, Conrail, Cartier (Quebec Cartier
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