System/C&O, Erie Lackawanna, Lousville & Nashville,
        
        
          Milwaukee Road, SSW/Cotton Belt, Western Pacific, Detroit
        
        
          & Mackinac, and Soo Line as seen here. The model will have
        
        
          an MSRP of $32.95.
        
        
          The next release
        
        
          of InterMountain’s
        
        
          highly regarded
        
        
          8000 gallon ACF
        
        
          Type 27 tank
        
        
          car is scheduled
        
        
          for February or March 2014. In addition to the Champion
        
        
          Oils car seen here, decorating schemes will include
        
        
          Shell Chemical, Union Tank, Mutual Oil, Texaco, Conoco,
        
        
          Chickasaw Refining, and Union Starch. The MSRP on the HO
        
        
          scale ready-to-run model will be $34.95.
        
        
          
            JJL Models
          
        
        
        
        
          ) is selling a kit for an HO scale
        
        
          Erie bay-window caboose. The prototype cars eventually
        
        
          saw service on the EL, D&H, and Conrail. The cast resin kit
        
        
          includes stainless steel etched components, trucks, and
        
        
          couplers. The kit is priced at $69.50 plus shipping. Visit the
        
        
          above website for full details and information on other kits.
        
        
          Future HO scale
        
        
          ready-to-run mod-
        
        
          els coming from
        
        
          
            Kadee Quality
          
        
        
          
            Products
          
        
        
        
        
        
        
           include a
        
        
          New York Central 40' PS-1 boxcar with a 6' Youngstown door.
        
        
          News column - 11
        
        
          Due for release in October, the model will be decorated in
        
        
          the 1951 as-delivered boxcar red scheme with NYC’s familiar
        
        
          football herald.
        
        
          Also coming from
        
        
          Kadee in October
        
        
          is a 40' PS-1 box-
        
        
          car decorated in
        
        
          Boston & Maine
        
        
          blue and black
        
        
          scheme. Both models will be fitted with Kadee two-piece
        
        
          self-centering trucks and #2100 couplers.
        
        
          
            Kato
          
        
        
        
        
          ) plans to release its HO scale General
        
        
          Electric P42 Genesis locomotive decorated in Amtrak’s 40th
        
        
          Anniversary scheme in November. Both Phase 1 (upper
        
        
          photo) and Phase II (lower photo) versions will be available.
        
        
          DC models will be priced at $198.00 each. Units with an ESU
        
        
          LokSound DCC decoder will have an MSRP of $318.00. Units
        
        
          with Soundtraxx Tsunami DCC and sound will list at $328.00.
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Aug 2013