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which should have the earlier underframe arrangement with
straight side sills and a vertical brake staff. Decorating schemes
for all of the other wood reefers are correct for the version of
the car being modeled.
Other schemes in
this release include
GARX-Dugdale
Packing Company,
GARX-American
Stores Company, URTX-Dubuque Packing, GARX-Refrigerator,
URTX-Geo. A. Hormel Co., KGNX-Hygrade Food Products, KGNX-
Kingan, URTX-Morris Rifkin & Son, URTX-Oscar Mayer, GARX-
Tobin Packing, URTX-Refrigerator, plus a painted but unlettered
car. The ready-to-run models have an MSRP of $39.95 each. An
undecorated kit is expected soon at a list price of $34.95.
Red Caboose
is scheduled to release another run of its 42’
steel flat car with fishbelly side sills later this month. Seven
road names will be in the run, including the Central of Georgia
shown here. Others include Chesapeake & Ohio, Great Northern,
Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania, Canadian Pacific, and Pere
Marquette. The HO scale ready-to-run models will have an MSRP
of $28.95 each. InterMountain Railway is responsible for market-
ing Red Caboose products. For additional information visit
Walthers
) is in the process of releasing four
85’ Amfleet cars. The HO scale versions are based on the pro-
totype Metroliner series Budd manufactured in the mid
1970s. The ready-to-run models will be available in various
Amtrak decorating schemes. Specific information is available
at the above website.
Scheduled for arrival this month are two coaches: a 59-seat car
(shown above in Phase IV scheme), and an 84-seat coach (below,
in the Phase I scheme with two arrows).
Two additional Amfleet cars set for arrival next month include
an Amcafe (shown below in the single-arrow version of the
Phase I scheme), and a lounge car (bottom, in Amtrak’s Phase
IVb scheme).
Models with factory installed LED lighting have an MSRP of
$89.98. Non-lighted cars list at $79.98 each.
MRH-Feb 2014
