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scheme, shown), Louisville & Nashville (gray scheme), Florida
East Coast, VIA Rail, and Missouri-Kansas-Texas. FP9 A units
decorating schemes will include Pan Am Railways, Canadian
National (green, yellow, black), and Canadian Pacific (Pacman
scheme). Complimentary B units will include an F7B deco-
rated for M-K-T, and F9B units for Canadian National and CP
Rail. Visit the above website for full specifications including
pricing and DC/DCC sound options.
Also scheduled for
release in
December/January
is another produc-
tion run of 4750
cu ft triple-bay covered hopper cars. Six numbers each will
be available for ATSF (above), GATX, ADM, PTLX (Land-O-
Lakes), FURX, Dickens, CPAA, and Great Lakes Carbon. The
HO scale ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $34.95.
A December/
January release
date has also
been set for Thrall container well cars. Road names include
DTTX/Trailer Train, APLX Lines Train (above), BRAN, DTTX/
K-Line, DTTX/TTX (repaint), and DTTX/Santa Fe. The HO
scale ready-to-run model comes as a five-car set at an
MSRP of $129.95.
This month
Kadee
) will
release two HO scale
ready-to-run models
including a MEC 40’
PS-1 boxcar and a
SSW-Cotton Belt twin-bay covered hopper.
The company’s September schedule lists a Milwaukee Road
40’ PS-1 boxcar with a 5-panel 7’ Superior door and "Route
of the Hiawathas" slogan. Also coming in September is a
50’ Western Pacific boxcar with 7’ and 8’ (total 15’ opening)
Youngstown doors decorated in the 1960 as-built boxcar red.
KatoUSA
has
released a video
that tells the com-
plete story of its
new HO scale
General Electric
P42 Genesis loco-
motive. The video
can be viewed at
.
Miller Engineering
(
has introduced electronically ani-
mated rooftop billboard signs for
Coors Beer and Burlington Northern
Railroad. Complementary window
signs are also available along with
new animated window signs for
Amtrak Waiting Room, S&H Green
Stamps, and NAPA Auto Parts. Visit
the above website for complete electrical and mechanical
specifications and pricing information.
Model Logging Supply
) is selling
four versions of Consolidated Timber's logging camp skid
shacks based on dimensions taken from surviving shacks
at Glenwood, Oregon. The HO scale kits are composed of
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