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come ready for a drop-in (not supplied) Digitrax DN163KOA or
TCS KOD8-A DCC decoder. The ready-to-run locomotives have an
MSRP of $120.00 except the Phase Vb version which has a list
price of $125.00.
Kato also has
an N scale NW2
switcher deco-
rated for Santa Fe,
CB&Q, Burlington
Northern,
Northern Pacific,
and Union Pacific.
The ready-to-run model comes with magnetic knuckle couplers,
illuminated number boards, and directional LED headlights. The
DC models have an MSRP of $115.00 and come ready for a drop-
in (not supplied) TCS K3D3 or Digitrax DN123K3 decoder.
Micro-Trains
) has released
several new N
scale cars this
month including
this 40’ Southern
steam-era boxcar available at $17.50 each.
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Also new is a 50’ Great
Northern plug door
boxcar priced at $28.10
each. Features include
a three-color herald
and mascot Rocky
pointing to the car’s Cushioned Ride capability. The model is
based on a prototype built in 1964 by American Car &
Foundry.
This 36’ double sheathed
meat reefer with a steel
underframe features a
different sales message
on each side. Pressed
Steel Car Company built
the prototype in 1925 for the North American Car Corporation
which leased it to Nuckolls Packing Company. Micro-Trains N
scale version has a list price of $26.95.
Except for the bay win-
dow, this 31’ Missouri
Pacific caboose is win-
dowless. The prototype
was built in 1976 and
saw regular service into
the 1980s. Like the prototype, Micro-Trains N scale model rides
on Bettendorf-type swing-motion trucks with elliptic springs. It
has an MSRP of $29.80.
Micro-Trains 50’ Chicago
North Western rib-side
boxcar represents one of
100 cars delivered to the
original CNW (Chicago &
Northwestern Railway) in 1974. The N scale ready-to-run model
has an MSRP of $29.15 each.
MRH-May 2013
