names will be Bessemer & Lake Erie, C&O (Chessie herald),
W&M (Chessie herald), CC (Canadian National), Northern
Pacific, and Wheeling & Lake Erie. The Trainman® series ready-
to-run models will have an MSRP of $17.95. An undecorated
version will be available at $13.95.
BLMA
(
blma-
models.com
)
is taking res-
ervations for
a second pro-
duction run
of its Trinity class RAF53C, 53' three-unit spine cars. The model
features a die-cast metal frame, pre-assembled hitches, and
numerous separately applied plastic and etched-metal detail
components.
The models
come with
Micro-Trains®
body-mounted
couplers and
ride on 70-Ton
ASF Ride Control® trucks fitted with BLMA’s re-designed 33”
wheelsets. The N scale ready-to-run three-unit models have an
MSRP of $84.95. Delivery is scheduled for early 2014.
News column - 19
Bluford Shops
(
bluford-shops.com
) is accepting orders now for
a new group of N scale offset-side wood chip triple-bay hopper
cars. Cars fitted with rib side extensions will be available deco-
rated for CP Rail (Pacman scheme); Missouri Pacific; Illinois
Central; Grand Trunk Western (wet noodle); Soo Line; and
ADNI-Ashley, Drew & Northern. Wood chip hoppers with flat
side extensions will be available for Seaboard Air Line, SL-SF
Frisco, CIRR-Chattahoochee Industrial, and GMSR-Gulf &
Mississippi Railroad.
The N scale ready-to-run models are priced at $24.79 each and
in 2-packs at $49.58. Delivery will be late this year.
According to Dave Ferrari of
DeLuxe Innovations
(
deluxein-
novations.com
)
, considerable in-transit damage occurred to
their latest shipment from China. Hardest hit was a group of N
scale wood chip cars decorated for TERX-Southeastern Industrial
Enterprises, and GBRX-Greenbrier Leasing. Sufficient undamaged
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