The latest release from
Morning Sun Books
includes “Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Volume 2: The
Red Era,” by Daryl McGee; and “Lehigh and New England
Railroad and its Successors,” by Mike Bednar. Visit the above
website for additional details including pricing.
LARGE SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accucraft
) is selling a large scale (1/32 scale
for operation on 45mm G scale track) Union Pacific Big Boy
4-8-8-4 steam engine. The live-steam butane-powered model
is controlled by working Walschaert’s valve gear for forward/
reverse with a screw reverser located in cab. Also in the cab are
a water level gauge, blow-down valve, throttle valve, a pair of
safety valves, super heater tube, and pressure gauge. The dual
flue boiler works on 65 psi pressure. The custom built brass
model has a list price of $8995.
New large scale
items shown by
Bachmann
at
the National Train
Show included this
1:29 scale Peter Witt
streetcar. The model is scheduled for release in October at a
suggested price of $399.99 each. In addition to the Chicago
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Surface Lines scheme seen above, the model will be available
decorated for Baltimore Transit Company, Los Angeles Railway,
and Toronto. Additional details are on the above website.
O SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Bachmann’s
NTS booth displayed
several new On30
scale items including
a Whitcomb 50-ton
center-cab diesel
locomotive. It is
scheduled for
release in October. It will be available DCC-equipped at an
MSRP of $425.00. A 16-bit Tsunami® plug-and-play sound mod-
ule will be available at $125.00. Decorating schemes will be for
Midwest Quarry, plus three painted but unlettered versions.
Visit Bachmann’s website for complete details.
Coming from Bachmann
this fall are six 18' On30
shorty freight cars. The
collection includes a tank
car, flat car, both low- and
high-side gondolas, and
two different styles of box-
cars, with one having a
Murphy-style roof.
The ready-to-run models
come two to a box with
pricing ranging from
MRH-Aug 2013
