of $15.98. All Accurail kits include Accumate couplers that are
compatible with Kadee and other knuckle-type couplers.
The newest struc-
ture from
Alpine
Division Scale
Models
is Arnie’s Hogs.
The HO scale kit
includes a cov-
ered stock pen,
holding pen, load-
ing ramp, and
water tank. The assembled model has a footprint of 5'' x 10''.
The kit is available now at an MSRP of $57.00.
Athearn
) has announced plans to produce HO
scale GATX TankTrain cars. The distinctive tank cars are typically
grouped into interconnected sets ranging from two to 13 cars.
The large-diameter flexible hose connecting the cars allows the
commodity to be siphoned off at the end of a set of cars while
being “pushed” at the opposite end with an inert gas. TankTrain
cars can be loaded or unloaded at a rate of approximately 3,000
gallons per minute, allowing a train of 90 cars to be serviced
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in under five hours. Although TankTrain cars can be spotted in
several regions of North America, few can match the drama
of a Southern Pacific train of “oil cans” traversing the famous
Tehachapi loop. Appropriately enough, Athearn unveiled their
new model at the HO scale Tehachapi loop at the San Diego
Model Railroad Museum on August 17.
Athearn will replicate the original 23,000 gallon GATX 282 series
cars from 1977 (above) and the 486 series cars built in 1982.
Both versions of the prototype are still in service. The Genesis
series models will have all of the correct transfer plumbing and
rigging including a soft vinyl transfer hose that bends as the car
negotiates curves. Intermediate cars will have an MSRP of
$49.98. A matching pair with A/B end tanks will list for $99.98.
Delivery is expected in April 2014.
Athearn’s Genesis series GP38-2 locomotive is scheduled for
arrival in March 2014 decorated for Frisco, Lehigh Valley, L&N
(in simplified yellow nose scheme), Penn Central (three ver-
sions with cabs stenciled Stanley, Enola, and Collinwood),
Union Pacific, and EMD Leasing (four paint schemes including
one ex-Conrail with fading CR logo). Standard DC non-sound
units, priced at $169.98 each, will be DCC-ready using Quick
Plug™ technology. Sound-equipped models have Soundtraxx®
Tsunami® DCC decoders and are priced at $269.98. DCC
equipped models come with a chart and instructions for altering
numerous CV functions.
MRH-Sep 2013
