Pacific, Northern Pacific, Lake Superior & Ishpeming, Missabe
“Quad” scheme, and Missabe “Safety First” scheme as seen
here. The MSRP will be $14.95. An undecorated version will list
at $11.95.
Blair Line
has a new kit
for a Farmer’s
Fertilizer Bulk Plant.
The laser-cut floor,
sub-roof, and walls of
the N scale kit feature
tab-and-slot construc-
tion. The roof material, trim, doors, windows and window glazing
are also laser-cut. The truck loading conveyer may be positioned
on either the side or end of the structure. The kit is priced at
$37.95. An HO scale version is currently under development.
BLMA
is selling a
General American
3500 cu. ft. Dry-Flow
covered hopper in
six road names. In addition to the Chicago Great Western ver-
sion shown here, the N scale ready-to-run model is available for
Burlington Northern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific, GACX-
Diamond Sugar, and GACX-Shell Plastics. The model faithfully
replicates the prototype built by GA beginning in the mid-1950s
and features a nicely detailed roof walk and a chemically etched
metal brake wheel platform. The model has body-mounted
Micro-Trains couplers and rides on 70-ton ASF Ride-Control
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trucks with 33” metal wheelsets. The models are available in
multiple road numbers at an MSRP of $26.95 each.
Con-Cor Trains
) has
released several ver-
sions of an N scale
fully-enclosed tri-level auto rack car. Road names include three
Amtrak schemes plus BNSF (swish), Union Pacific, Kansas City
Southern, Ferromex, CSX, and Southern Railway. The ready-to-
run models feature authentic Micro-Trains Line couplers. The
MSRP is $29.98 each.
InterMountain
Railway
is
taking reservations this
month for delivery in
late summer for N scale Trinity 5161 cu. ft. covered hopper cars.
Road names will be Union Pacific – CMO, Kansas City Southern,
David J. Joseph, and Iowa Interstate. Also in the run are BNSF
(swish), BNSF (Legacy-Spokane, Portland & Seattle), BNSF
(Legacy-Frisco), and BNSF (Legacy-Great Northern) as seen here.
The ready-to-run N scale model will have an MSRP of $24.95. An
undecorated kit without couplers will be available for $10.95.
New ready-to-run N
scale models released
by
Micro-Trains Line
include a 60’ ATSF box-
MRH-Jan 2014
