interior walls; and appropriate
signage. The finished model
has a scale 81’ x 15’ footprint.
The O scale version sells for
$159.95. The next kit expected
to be released later this month
will be The Howard Brothers
Feed & Grain Complex.
San Juan Car Company
com
) has expanded its
line of components for O scale Jackson & Sharp Narrow Gauge
Passenger Cars. New items include car sides with various styles
of windows, end and needle beams, both bullnose and duck
bill clerestory roofs, and several brake details. Visit the above
website for additional information including pricing.
HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
New items coming from
Accurail
include a
group of three 1940-era Santa Fe SFRD wood reefers. The trio
of cars are decorated for Grand Canyon Line, Super Chief, and
Scout with the opposite side on all cars displaying a curved-line
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system map and “Santa Fe all the Way” slogan. The list price
for the 3-pack of kits is $47.98.
Accurail is also selling a
kit for a 41’ AAR steel
gondola decorated for
Great Northern for
$15.98.
An HO scale kit for a
Florida Tile ACF 3-Bay
covered hopper is avail-
able from Accurail at
$16.98.
Accurail is also selling
a kit for a Nickel Plate
Road 40’ USRA double-
sheathed wood box-
car at $15.98. A 40’
AAR steel boxcar with
double doors is also
available at $15.98. The car body is painted mineral red and is
lettered with data only (no road name).
Just in time for the holiday season,
Athearn
will deliver starter train sets with standard ready-to-roll equip-
ment decorated with contemporary logos and paint schemes.
Intended for modelers and first-timers who may not be con-
cerned about prototypical accuracy, the selection will include
GP38-2 or C44-9W locomotives and four basic freight cars
including a 50’ boxcar, 50’ gondola, a tank car, and a wide-vision
caboose. Decorating schemes will be BNSF, Canadian National,
CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. Additional details are
on the above website.
MRH-Oct 2013
