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
News column - 5
MRH-Sep 2013
