set will include an F7A locomotive, an R-40-23 refrigerator car,
a cylindrical covered hopper with trough hatches, a 4750 cu ft
rib-side triple-bay covered hopper, an R‑70-20 refrigerator car
modernized with a Carrier A/C panel, and a caboose produced
by Centralia Car Shops. The price for the set is $299.95 including
shipping. For more information visit
In August,
Kadee
Quality Products
) will
release an HO scale
ready-to-run model
of a 50' PS-1 boxcar decorated for DT&I with a two-color herald
and HYDROFRAME-60 slogan. The car comes with an 8' six-
panel Pullman Standard door and #2100 couplers. It has an
MSRP of $35.95.
Also due in August
from Kadee is a
two-bay covered
hopper decorated
in red lettering for
Southern Pacific.
The HO scale ready-
to-run model has an MSRP of $42.95.
Model Logging
Supply
is selling a kit for
an HOn3 scale
Sumpter Valley
Railway 36' 7600 series flat car. The components are laser-cut
with all required holes pre-drilled. Additional detail parts are
from Tichy and Grandt Line. Correct SVRY decals are included.
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The kit sells for
$24.95 less trucks
and couplers. The
instructions include
suggestions for
HOn3 truck sources.
Moloco
) is
developing an HO
scale PS-3 2750 cu
ft triple-bay open-
top hopper car
based on a prototype Pullman-Standard began building in 1954.
Decorating schemes on the one- piece injection molded plastic
body will include Utah Railway, Southern Railway, Rock Island,
Burlington Northern, Great Northern, Clinchfield, and L&N with
Dixie Line slogan. Other features include Santoprene cast rubber
air hoses (see below), Kadee® Whisker™ couplers, detailed hop-
per-door operating mechanism, trucks with metal wheelsets,
and hand brakes appropriate to the prototype being modeled.
Availability and pricing are pending.
Moloco is selling flexible air
hoses molded in tough black
Santoprene rubber. The HO
scale air hoses are said to resist
breaking even with excessive
handling. Because Santoprene
is a thermo-plastic, rather than
a thermo-set, Moloco’s air hose
will not break down, chalk-over, or lose elasticity over time. In
addition to a pair of air hoses, each car needs an ABD valve con-
nection to the main air line. Moloco sells the air hoses at $4.00
for a pack of eight.
MRH-Jun 2013
