angled highway light, and two goose-neck street lights. Visit
the above website for pricing.
Atlas is pre-
paring
another
release of its
ACF 5701
four-bay covered hopper. Cars designated for plastic pellet ser-
vice will be available for Amoco, Dow Chemical, BFGX-
Goodrich, and Louisiana-Pacific. Cars for grain service will
include ADM (above), and Chicago Freight Car Leasing. The N
scale ready-to-run cars are scheduled for release in the first
quarter of 2014. They will have an MSRP of $24.95. An undeco-
rated model will list at $18.95.
Also sched-
uled for
release early
next year is
an N scale
GP35 diesel locomotive decorated for Atlantic Coast Line,
Canadian Pacific, Railink Canada, Reading, Western Maryland,
Conrail, Union Pacific, and Great Northern. The ready-to-run
locomotives will be available for standard DC operation and
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with a built-in DCC decoder. Visit the Atlas website for more
details and pricing.
Bachmann
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showed
several new N
scale models
at the National
Train Show
including a DCC-equipped EMD NW-2 Switcher with an MSRP of
$139.00. Road names will include Union Pacific, Great Northern,
Pennsylvania Railroad, and New York Central, as well as painted
but unlettered. The NW-2 is scheduled for release next month.
Also due in September are DCC-equipped EMD F7-A and F7-B
diesel locomotives with an MSRP of $115.00. A list of road
names and other details can be viewed at the above website.
Bachmann has selected Union Pacific’s Centennial DD40AX as
its first N scale DCC sound-equipped locomotive. Scheduled
for release in October, the SoundTraxx® 16-bit diesel sound
package will include dual-prime movers, three air horns, and
a locomotive bell. Three versions of the UP locomotive will be
available at an MSRP of $209.00 each.
MRH-Aug 2013
