an outside braced caboose in new decorating schemes next
March. Road names on the 30' car will be Fort Worth & Denver
(with Burlington Route herald), Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Rock
Island, and Western Pacific (model shown above is from a pre-
vious run). The HO scale ready-to-run model will have an MSRP
of $25.98.
Virginia
Foundry &
Model Works
produces lim-
ited runs of
HO scale resin
cast kits for
old-time freight equipment like the SAM ventilated boxcar
shown above. The company does not carry any stock on hand
and makes only enough kits in each production run to fulfill
advance orders. Anyone interested in learning about future
kits can send a note to John Canfield at
requesting that they be placed on the mailing list at Virginia
Foundry & Model Works.
Walthers
) is making a second run of its Great
Northern Empire Builder train set with delivery expected in
February 2014. The Proto series F7 locomotives and collection
of passenger cars depict the prototype equipment of the
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famous name train from 1955 to 1971. Eleven Empire Builder
cars will be produced including a baggage-mail, baggage-dormi-
tory, coach, coffee shop-lounge car, diner, two dome cars,
sleeping cars in three configurations, and an observation car.
Complete specifications, options, and pricing can be viewed at
the above website.
Walthers has a
large assort-
ment of new
HO scale ready-
to-run models scheduled for release in October including a
Proto® series 50' Evans Cushion Coil Car with removable hoods.
In addition to the CNW car shown here, road names will
include ATSF, Conrail, Union Pacific, and Detroit, Toledo &
Ironton. The MSRP is $44.98.
The October
release
includes a
Proto® 50'
SIECO pulp-
wood flat with bulkhead ends. Decorating schemes will be
CSXT, MEC, Illinois Central, and Norfolk Southern. The MSRP
is $29.98.
Several Walthers Mainline series models are also set for release
next month including 50' Front Runner cars with a mix of 45'
and 48' trailers. Check the above website for a detailed listing.
Also coming
in October are
four Mainline®
series 40' plug
door boxcars
at an MSRP of $24.98. Road names will be Norfolk & Western,
Canadian Pacific, New Haven, and Union Pacific.
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