Bowser plans to release its 53' Roadrailer trailers in several new
paint schemes in December. Construction types include rivet
side, plate wall, and Dura Plate trailer walls. Decorating schemes
will be Conrail/NS Roadrailers with Triple Crown logos, UP (We
Can Handle It), Schneider, Swift, and four different NS schemes.
Also BNSF (Ice Cold Express) trailers with refrigeration units and
two variations of the Polar Bear logo. Multiple numbers will be
available at an MSRP of $25.95 each.
Additional models due
from Bowser in
December include a new
run of class H21a quad-
bay hopper cars. The HO
scale Executive Line
series models have an MSRP of $24.95 each.
They will be available
decorated for six PRR
paint schemes plus
Penn Central, Norfolk &
Western, and Virginian.
Centralia Car Shops
has
released six versions of
an HO scale ready-to-run
Santa Fe steel caboose.
Multiple car numbers
are available for various
classes of the caboose
including some with radio equipment (above) and with wig-wag
signals on the cupola (next column).
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An undecorated
model is also available.
InterMountain Railway is
responsible for market-
ing Centralia Car Shops
products. For additional
information visit
ExactRail
is
selling brass and nickel sil-
ver HO scale 33'' and 36''
replacement wheelsets that
replicate the contour and
cross section of the proto-
type. Both .110'' (NMRA)
and .088'' (finescale) treads
will be offered. They are available in 12-packs and in packs of 96.
Chemically blackened brass 36" wheelsets are also available. All
of ExactRail’s wheelsets are packaged to protect the axle ends,
which measure 1.002'' tip-to-tip.
ExactRail
has made
a second
release of
its Pullman-
Standard
5344 cu
ft boxcar
in five new decorating schemes. The HO scale Platinum series
ready-to-run models will be available for D & H – Delaware &
Hudson, PHD – (St Clair Blue Water Route slogan, above), SBVR –
South Branch Valley, and TASD – Terminal Railway Alabama State
Docks (next page).
MRH-Jun 2013
