Freight Car, Norfolk Southern, R. J. Corman, Wheeling & Lake
Erie, and Gondola Connection as shown here. Special features
include etched metal platforms and end reinforcement plates.
The ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $29.95.
Additional HO scale
models coming from
Atlas in the third
quarter include
an ACF 50’ 6” box-
car. Road names
will be Ashley
Drew & Northern,
Railbox (small logo), Bath & Hammondsport, BNSF,
Norfolk Southern, Clarendon & Pittsford, and U.S. Army.
The MSRP on the Trainman® series model will be $21.95.
Blackstone Models
is taking
advance reserva-
tions for the third
release of its D&RGW 800 series drop-bottom gondolas. The
ready-to-run models replicate the appearance of the D&RGW
fleet after their rebuilding in 1926. New road numbers with
the Flying Grande herald include Nos. 821, 830, 858, and 890.
Number 805 will have the Moffat Tunnel herald and No. 878 will
feature the Royal Gorge Route herald. They will be available in
freshly shopped boxcar red.
Blackstone is also taking reservations for the third release of
its D&RGW 6000 series flatcars. The run will include four new
D&RGW road numbers and one new RGS number. Numbers
