cars are non-lighted and are equipped with 4-wheel passenger
trucks with machined metal wheels.
The next release of Athearn’s Ready-to-Roll EMD GP38-2 standard
DC locomotives will be fitted with a QuickPlug™ that will accept
8- or 9-pin after-market DCC decoders. In addition, micro bulbs
will be installed in the appropriate location. There is no increase in
price for these needed improvements. New road names for
GP38-2s scheduled to arrive next April will be BNSF (wedge
scheme), and Canadian National. Both will have 3600 gallon fuel
tanks. GP38-2 models with 2600 gallon tanks in the run include
UP, CSX, Ferromex, and Norfolk Southern. All versions of the HO
scale standard DC model will have an MSRP of $99.98.
Athearn’s April release includes a group of HO scale Ready-to-
Roll series 34’ twin-bay open-top hopper cars with removable
