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schemes include Central New Jersey; Grand Trunk Western
(wet noodle logo); Long Island Railroad; Monon (Chicago,
Indianapolis & Louisville Railway); and the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac.
An undecorated model will also be offered. The cars will have
an MSRP of $84.95. The deadline for dealer orders is June 28,
with delivery scheduled for this fall.
Roundhouse, Division of Athearn
) has released
HO scale 36’ boxcars and stock cars with new road names.
The ready-to-run models feature a truss-rod underframe, arch
bar trucks with 33” machined metal wheelsets, and
McHenry® knuckle couplers. The cars are topped with an
early Hutchins-type roof that had waterproof sheeting sand-
wiched between two layers of tongue-and-groove wood.
Road names for
the boxcar include
Minneapolis, Saint
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
(aka SOO Line); IPC-
Indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago (decorated
with Cutler & Savidge
Lumber Co. advertising); D&RGW; and Colorado Midland.
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Decorating schemes
for the stock car will be
Union Pacific, D&RGW,
Canadian National, and
AT&SF. The boxcar has
an MSRP of $23.98. The
stock car lists at $24.98.
Showcase Miniatures
has expanded its
selection of HO scale
Century Foundry Metal
Works metal cast detail
parts with the addition
of ground and pole-
mounted signal relay
boxes. Pictured here is
item #2188 Union Switch & Signal-style double-door stacked
relay cabinet available at $6.95. Additional relays include US&S
single door cabinets, and GRS-type front and rear double door
cabinets. All of the units mentioned have detailed interiors and
positionable doors.
Walthers
) is currently offering its HO scale
Proto 2000™ EMD GP20 locomotive in four decorating schemes
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