aftermarket
decoder. Visit the
above website for
additional features
including pricing
and availability.
Micro-Trains
is collaborating with Eastern
Seaboard Models to offer a bi-level auto rack that features
stainless-steel anti-vandal panels. The panels are a separate
item to be installed by the modeler. The N scale model has a
light freight car red rack mounted on a yellow Trailer Train flat-
car. The car will have an MSRP of $44.95 and is scheduled for
release in November.
NJ International
has introduced N scale
Speeders. The brass models are static but could be animated or
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modified as desired. Both
open and enclosed speed-
ers are available at an
MSRP of $39.99 each.
Rapido Trains, Inc.
is
booking orders now
for its N scale
Panorama series pas-
senger equipment. The initial release is scheduled for early
next year and will be for a Café-Bar-Lounge car, above, and a
10-5 sleeper (Pullman plan #4186), below. Although the pro-
gram has been on hold for a few years due to the factory’s lim-
ited production capacity, Rapido reports that the tooling is in
the final polishing stage and production has been scheduled for
this fall. Road names will be Amtrak Phase I, Great Northern
(above), Baltimore & Ohio, Erie (two-tone green), Erie-
Lackawanna (below), Milwaukee Road, Missouri Pacific, New
York Central, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Via Rail
Canada, Canadian National (1954 scheme), CN (wet noodle),
and undecorated.
The N scale ready-to-
run models will be
fitted with Rapido’s
“Easy-Peasy” battery
powered interior
MRH-Aug 2013
