News column - 8
Bowser
) will release several versions
of its Executive Line HO scale ALCo Century C430 diesel
locomotive this fall. Road names will be ALCo demo, Penn
Central, Conrail (two schemes), Reading, SCL, L&N, NYSM-
Susquehanna (two schemes), WNY&P (two schemes),
Morristown & Erie, GBW (two schemes), Conrail (Reading
Patch), and New York Central as seen here. The ready-to-
run model will be available for DC operation at an MSRP of
$199.95. DCC versions equipped with LokSound dual-mode
decoders will list at $299.95. An undecorated version will also
be offered.
Also coming
from Bowser
this fall is a
newly tooled
class H30 out-
side-framed tri-
ple-bay covered
hopper car with
ten roof hatches. Decorating schemes include PRR (gray with
circle keystone), PRR (gray with shadow keystone), PRR (gray
with plain keystone), PRR (oxide red with circle keystone,
above), PRR (oxide red with plain keystone and S designa-
tor), PRR (yellow), PC (green), PC (green with S designator),
Norfolk & Western (gray), and Conrail (gray). The new car will
have an MSRP of $29.95.
January will see the arrival of an ALCo Century C628 diesel
locomotive from Bowser. The Executive line HO scale ready-
to-run model will be available for DC operation at an MSRP of
$199.95. DCC versions equipped with LokSound dual-mode
decoders will list at $299.95. Road names include Conrail
(two versions), Conrail (LV patch, two versions), Monon,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Delaware & Hudson, SCL/L&N Family
Lines, Southern Pacific, SP (ALCo demo patch), Norfolk &
Western (high hood, two schemes), and Chicago & North
Western (high hood, two schemes).
New Paragon2 mod-
els previewed by
Broadway Limited
at the National
Train Show included
an HO scale Baldwin
class RF-16 Shark
Nose diesel sched-
uled for release
in January 2014.
A units and paired A/B units will be available decorated for
Pennsylvania (Brunswick green with five stripes), Baltimore
& Ohio (blue, gray, and gold), New York Central (cigar band
scheme), Delaware & Hudson (blue warbonnet, above), and
unpainted. Powered A units will have an MSRP of $279.99.
Paired A/B units (with a dummy B) will list at $399.99.
Central Valley Model Works
is offering its 150'
truss bridge with two styles of girders. Available now is a kit
MRH-Aug 2013
