Atlas is taking res-
ervations for year-
end delivery of a
Trainman® series
cupola caboose. The
prototype is based
on an all-steel design
originally built by
Magor Car Corporation for the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad. Pricing and road names, including information
on an undecorated version of this HO scale model, can
be found at the Atlas website.
Atlas is quoting deliv-
ery in the first quarter
of 2014 for this 50‘
Berwick boxcar. The
Master® series model
replicates a prototype built in 1972 with corrugated non-
terminating ends and an X-panel roof. Models decorated
for M&P (above), Canadian Pacific, East Erie Commercial,
Railbox, and Wisconsin Central will have an MSRP of
$28.95. An undecorated model will be available at $24.95.
Blackstone Models
has released
its HOn3 scale UTLX
GRAMPS frameless
tank cars with three
new road numbers. The frameless design of the proto-
type allowed the trucks on the 6,500-gallon tank cars to
be switched from standard to narrow gauge. In 1939, UTLX
replaced the original Andrews trucks with Bettendorf-
type trucks. Blackstone’s ready-to-run model comes with
News column - 7
MRH-Jul 2013
