Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation built nearly 450 of the 1200
horsepower S‑12 prototype locomotives beginning in 1951 and
ending in 1956, when the company ceased all switcher
production.
Road names on Bowser’s Executive Line version of the S‑12 will
be Monongahela, Great Northern, Katy, Southern Pacific, Lehigh
Valley, Erie, Central of Georgia, Pennsylvania (with trainline
phone antenna), and Pennsylvania-Reading Shoreline. DCC/
Sound versions of the model will have an MSRP of $279.95. They
come with a LokSound Select dual-mode decoder which allows
locomotive to be used on DC as well as on DCC layouts. Standard
analog DC models will list at $179.95.
Also on Bowser’s
December deliv-
ery schedule are
Executive Line mod-
els of 53' TTX spine
cars in both three-
and five-unit sets.
The HO scale ready-
to-run models are capable of carrying highway trailers or inter-
national sea containers. Trinity RAF 33C three-unit spine car sets
will have an MSRP of $99.95. The RAF 53C five-unit set will list at
$169.95. Full details are available on the above website.