D&RGW in the 1964
as-delivered gray (an
earlier D&RGW
release was a
shopped repaint).
Five road numbers
are available for
Bunge Corporation-TLDX. The D&RGW TGS (Texas Gulf Sulfur)
car shown below is available in just one road number.
Features on
ExactRail’s Platinum
series model
include a photo
etched stainless
steel roofwalk and
brake platform. As
with previous releases, the PS-2CDEs ride on ExactRail’s ASF
100-ton Ride Control® trucks with 36” machined wheels. The
cars are sold direct only at $36.95 each.
InterMountain
Railway
is
taking dealer
reservations for
four-bay cylindrical covered hopper cars for delivery in
November/December. Road names include Toronto, Buffalo &
Hamilton; Canpotex; CNXL; CNIS; Trona; CP Rail; Potash; and
CN (red wet noodle). The HO scale ready-to-run model will
News column - 12
have an MSRP of $36.95 and will come with metal wheelsets
and Kadee® couplers.
MRH readers will recall learning about InterMountain
Railway’s plans to build a GP10 Paducah locomotive in our
news report last December. We can now update that ini-
tial report with an arrival date (November/December) and
road names: ADMX, Conrail, Illinois Central, IC Gulf, Iowa
Interstate, Chicago Central & Pacific, MidSouth Rail, and
Arkansas-Oklahoma.
Several details including air filters, nose headlights, tool
boxes, and engine access hatches will vary depending on
the practice of the prototype road being modeled. The HO
scale ready-to-run locomotive will be available for standard
DC operation at $189.95, and with ESU LokSound and DCC
decoder at $279.95.
MRH-May 2013