Bowser
)
has released a
new produc-
tion run of its
Executive series
100-ton triple-bay open hopper car. In addition to the PPLX-
Pennsylvania Power & Light car with Ready Kilowatt slogan,
three road numbers each will be available for R&N-Reading
& Northern (black body, red end), R&N (black body, blue
end), PRR (yellow dot), Wheeling & Lake Erie, NS, NS (new
logo), C&O (Progress), Conrail, NW, and C&NW (green body,
yellow end). A PPLX car with yellow ends will be available in
five numbers. Six numbers will be offered for cars displaying
the Chessie Cat logo for C&O, B&O, and Western Maryland.
The MSRP will be $24.95. The plastic cars will be molded in
the US, then sent to China for assembly and packaging.
Broadway
Limited
is plan-
ning an October
release date
for its HO scale
Southern Pacific cab-forward steam locomotives. Several
class AC4 and AC5 models are in the mix, including AC4
number 4121 with a gray boiler (above). Although BLI has
released the cab-forwards in the past, this is the first pro-
duction run with factory-equipped Paragon2 sound and
control system. A complete list of specifications, including
pricing, is available at the above website.
News column - 8
MRH-Sep 2013
