Also scheduled for release in March is Athearn’s ACF 2970 cu. ft.
twin-bay covered hopper decorated for Burlington Northern,
Chicago & North Western, Northern Pacific, Rock Island, Western
Maryland, and Monon. The cars have a photo-etched roof walk
and either round or trough roof hatches depending on the road
being modeled. The MSRP will be $39.98 each.
Additional new models due from Athearn in March include a
250-ton railroad crane and boom tender at an MSRP of $59.98.
The tender with the CP Rail crane has a paint scheme from
a different era and is fitted with a recycled bobber caboose
(above). In a similar arrangement, a Santa Fe crane (yellow and
blue scheme with Kansas City Derrick on the boom) is matched
with a tender and caboose in MOW gray. Cranes and tenders
without the caboose body include Southern Railway (Industrial
Brownhoist on the boom), and Southern Pacific painted in
Daylight colors.
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