Athearn Division of Horizon Hobby
has released
an extensive delivery schedule for January 2014. Heading the
list are HO scale Genesis series PC&F 50' boxcars with 14' plug
doors. Road names will be Golden West Service (SP patch) and
Golden West Service (SSW patch). Also, SP and Cotton Belt (both
with Hydra Cushion slogan). The Genesis series model has an
MSRP of $32.98. Additional rolling stock includes a 16,000 gallon
clay slurry tank car, and a 40' ballast hopper in nine numbers per
road name. Additional details are available at the above website.
HO motive power coming in January includes SD40-2 diesel loco-
motives decorated for Norfolk Southern, NS (Maersk Sealand
scheme), NS (Horse head scheme), Union Pacific (Fast Forty),
Wisconsin & Southern, Wisconsin & Southern (30th anniversary
scheme), Burlington Northern, and Milwaukee Road. The ready-
to-run models will feature many road specific details all of which
are itemized on the above website.
Additional locomotives on the January schedule include ALCo
RS3 diesels decorated for Interstate, Ferrocarriles Nacionales
de México (N de M), and New Haven (McGinnis scheme).
The ready-to-run models will have an MSRP of $114.98.
Atlas Model Railroad Company
plans to release
an HO scale Trainman® series PS-2 two-bay covered hopper car
in the fourth quarter. Road names will include Lehigh Valley,
Southern Railway, Southern Pacific, C&NW, Norfolk & Western,
NAHX-Monon, and NAHX-Stauffer Chemical. The ready-to-run
