Bachmann
plans to release
a new N scale
version of
ALCo’s 1,000
hp S4 diesel
switcher this
fall. The ready-
to-run model will come with a dual-mode decoder that allows
operation in either analog DC or with any NMRA-compliant
DCC system. In DCC operation, the built-in decoder controls
speed, direction, and lighting. The model will have an MSRP of
$129.00, and will be available decorated for Western Maryland,
Southern Pacific, NYC System/P&LE, ATSF, and Union Pacific.
Additional Bachmann N scale models shown at NTS include a
USRA 55-ton twin-bay hopper car decorated for Pennsylvania
Railroad, Western Maryland, Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore
& Ohio, and Clinchfield. More information is available at the
above website.
At the
National Train
Show,
BLMA
announced long-range plans for a 62' Santa Fe Bx166 double-
door boxcar. The N scale “beer car” will be available next sum-
mer in 12 numbers each for two different decorating schemes.
Additional details including pricing will be announced soon.
BLMA showed pre-production samples of its new General
America 3500 cu ft ‘Dry-Flo’ covered hopper car. The N scale
model features etched-metal brake-wheel platforms, 70-ton
News column - 17
ASF Ride Control®
trucks with metal
wheelsets, and
body-mounted
Micro-Trains™
couplers. Road
names on the initial release will be Burlington Northern,
Chicago Great Western, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, GACX
Diamond Sugar, and CACX Shell Plastics. Pricing is to be
announced.
New items coming from
DeLuxe Innovations
during the fourth quarter of 2013 include 40' refrig-
erated containers decorated for Dole Foods, Maersk-Sealand.
Also coming this winter are three-packs of C&D waste loads
that will fit DeLuxe Innovations’ deep or shallow-rib woodchip
cars. The loads are cast in gray resin and are lightly painted for
a realistic look. DeLuxe Innovations is now selling bulk packs
of undecorated containers at favorable prices. Visit the above
website for full details.
Among the many
items shown by
Digitrax
at their NTS
display booth was
a drop-in replacement board for Kato’s N scale Alpine Glacier
Express sightseeing train. Identified as Digitrax DN163K4A, the
motor decoder handles six FX3 function at a function current
MRH-Aug 2013
