coal loads. Cars with offset sides will be available for Union
Pacific, CSX, and ATSF. Cars with ribbed sides include Norfolk
Southern, Canadian National, and BNSF. The cars have an MSRP
of $19.98. They are equipped with 70-ton roller-bearing trucks,
except the ATSF version which comes with Bettendorf-type solid
bearing trucks.
Additional Ready-to-Roll series models coming in April are 50’
gondolas with loads decorated for NS, CSX, CN, BNSF, and UP.
Also single-dome tank cars for UP, NS, CSX, CN, BNSF, and ATSF,
and a 50’ ACF boxcar decorated for ATSF, UP, NS, CSX, CN, and
BNSF. All have a list price of $26.98.
A wide-vision steel caboose coming from Athearn in April will
be available at an MSRP of $26.98. Road names will be Santa
Fe, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern (red), CSX, CN, BNSF, and
Ferromex.
The final item on Athearn’s April schedule is a group of 50’ TTX
flat cars with 45’ trailers at an MSRP of $34.98. The trailers are
decorated for SP (Golden Pig Service), NS (Triple Crown), Conrail
(Trailvan), C&NW (Falcon scheme), BN, and Santa Fe.
Atlas
has scheduled a newly-tooled model of an
ALCo HH600/HH660 diesel switcher for release during the sec-
ond quarter of next year. The HO scale ready-to-run model repli-
cates the post-1937 version of ALCo’s high-hood 600/660 hp
diesel switcher. An Atlas Master Silver® series model with an
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