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for six or more cars. The ready-to-run model comes with Kadee
#156 couplers and ASF 100-ton Ride Control trucks with
machined 36” wheels.
ExactRail has retooled
the latest version of
its Bethlehem 3483
cu. ft. covered hopper
car with an improved
narrow draft box with
the striker contour closer to scale. Shank wedges and complete
nut-and-bolt detail have been enhanced. Additional features
on the HO scale ready-to-run model include Wine double-door
locks, equalized 100-ton ASF Ride Control trucks, machined
metal wheelsets, and Kadee #58 couplers.
In addition to the Burlington Northern 1976 Havelock repaint
shown here, Exact Rail’s ready-to-run model is available deco-
rated for Burlington (CB&Q 1967 Monogram HT-13B), Burlington
(CB&Q 1969 Helvetica HT-13D), and Great Northern (1964 as
delivered). The model is also available in three Rio Grande liver-
ies including as delivered 12000-12499 series, 1996 Denver Post
SP repaint, and with “Mainline thru the Rockies” slogan. All
schemes are available in multiple numbers and a choice of either
heaped or flood-style load. Check the above website for pricing
and ordering information.
Full Steam Ahead
has introduced
a new waterfront struc-
ture kit called McMullin’s
Fresh Fish. The HO scale
kit offers several construc-
tion options such as using
either clapboard or cedar
shake siding, corrugated metal rolled roofing, or a combination
of materials. The completed structure has a footprint of 5.5" x
3.25" plus the two loading docks. Additional information, includ-
ing pricing, is available at the above website.
InterMountain
Railway
has
scheduled another
run of its HO scale
GP10 Paducah diesel locomotive for release next December.
Details unique to the GP10 include a Horst air filter, horizontal
nose headlight, extended right-front tool box, and rooftop
engine access hatches. In addition to the Twin Cities scheme
shown here, road names will be Illinois Central (death star
scheme), Illinois Central Gulf (orange and gray), Illinois Central
Gulf (orange and white), Paducah & Louisville, Precision,
Farmrail, and U. S. Army. Basic DC versions of the ready-to-run
model will have an MSRP of $189.95. Locomotives equipped
with an ESU LokSound decoder will list at $279.95.
InterMountain
plans to deliver
40’ PS-1 boxcars
this summer deco-
rated for Canadian
Pacific Railway,
Union Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern (mod-
ern scheme), Erie Lackawanna, U. S. Air Force, ATSF (large her-
ald), Soo Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Chesapeake & Ohio. The
HO scale ready-to-run model comes with metal wheelsets and
Kadee couplers. It will have an MSRP of $34.95. An undeco-
rated kit will be available with either 6’, 7’, or 8’ doors. It comes
with plastic wheels and no couplers. The kit will list at $19.95.
MRH-Jan 2014
