Red Caboose
plans
to deliver an HO
scale 1937 AAR
boxcar with double
doors next July or
August. Road names
on the ready-to-run model will be Seaboard Railway, Lehigh
Valley, Union Pacific (Automated Railway slogan), Union Pacific
(Ship & Travel slogan with three-color shield), Northern Pacific,
MKT, Atlantic Coast Line, and SSW-Cotton Belt (Blue Streak
slogan). The MSRP will be $34.95. InterMountain Railway is
responsible for marketing Red Caboose products. For additional
information visit
RSLaserKits
) has released
a kit for a small water tower with a pump
house. The assembled HO scale model has
a footprint of 2.375” x 2.375”. The model is
suitable for a variety of applications including
an industrial structure or area, a small town
water supply, or at a service site for steam
locomotives using a remote standpipe spout.
Visit the above website for pricing and order-
ing instructions.
SoundTraxx
has released new
Tsunami® Digital Sound
Decoders™ for Athearn
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Genesis ES44AC and Kato P42 HO scale locomotives. The
TSU-GN1000 Tsunami Digital Sound Decoder (previous) now
includes the GE GEVO-12 prime mover for Athearn Genesis
ES44AC diesels and similarly designed models. The decoder is
intended to replace the factory light board and includes hard-
ware to accommodate 1.5V bulbs. Sounds include engine
startup, shutdown, and eight throttle notch settings, as well as
16 air horns appropriate to the prototype. The GEVO-12 decoder
(item #828059) has an MSRP of $99.95.
For Kato P42 HO models,
SoundTraxx has engineered
a TSU-KT1000 featuring the
GE-FDL-16 Modern prime
mover. This format is designed specifically for Kato HO P42 mod-
els that have dual truck-mounted coreless motors. The decoder
comes equipped with board-mounted LEDs positioned to fit
the model’s light piping and includes two extra 3.3V regulated
outputs. Sounds include engine startup, shutdown, and eight
throttle notch settings, plus 16 airhorns. The TSU-KT1000 (item
#828068) has an MSRP of $119.00.
Walthers
has released
Cornerstone®
Merchants Row IV kit
that assembles into one
building with three two-
story commercial stores
under one roof. The
footprint of the assembled structure is 10.625” x 5” x 4” tall. The
kit has an MSRP of $39.98.
MRH-Jan 2014
