Walthers plans to release another run of its Mainline® series
stock cars next month. Road names will be ATSF, Great Northern
(vermillion scheme), Great Northern (blue scheme), and
Milwaukee Road. Features of the HO scale ready-to-run model
include Dreadnaught ends and turned metal wheelsets. The
MSRP will be $24.98.
Walthers is selling its
Proto® series 50’ REA
riveted steel express
refrigerator car in
four liveries. Shown
above is the early dark green paint scheme with the classic
Railway Express Agency herald. The car below is decorated in
light green with a modernized herald.
Also available is a
Great Northern car in
Pullman green. The
HO scale ready-to-run
models have an
MSRP of $39.98.
Walthers has
released six new dec-
orating schemes on a
37’ twin-bay covered
hopper. The 2989 cu.
ft. car is available in
two numbers each
for CDRX, GATX, GNAX, ITFX, ITLX, and MWCX. Features include
36” turned metal wheelsets. The HO scale Mainline® series
ready-to-run models have an MSRP of $24.98 each.
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Coming fromWalthers
next month are four
new decorating
schemes for an ACF
8,000-gallon Type-21
Tank Car. Road names
on the Proto® series HO scale model will be Everett Distilling,
Gillespie & Sons, RPX-Shell Roxana Petroleum, and COSX-Mid
Continent Petroleum as shown here. The ready-to-run model
will have an MSRP of $37.98.
New HO scale
models sched-
uled for April
include a Thrall
56’ All-Door
Boxcar. Since the last production run, the brake platforms, cross-
over grabs, and ladders have been retooled. In addition to the
Anderson-Tully car shown here, road names on this release will
include LUNX-Brooks Scanlon, MNS-Minneapolis Northfield &
Southern, and OP&E-Oregon Pacific & Eastern. The Proto® series
ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $37.98.
Another
WalthersProto®
series HO model
due in April is a Thrall 53’ Gondola. The ready-to-run model will
have an MSRP of $31.98. Road names will be CNW, ICG/CN, CSX/
NYC (ex Conrail), and Green Bay & Western.
Also due in April is a
UTLX 40’ 16,000 gallon
Funnel Flow Tank Car.
WalthersProto® series
MRH-Feb 2014
