HO scale ready-to-run model will feature etched metal walkways
and platforms, and road-specific placement of manways and
safety valves. In addition to the DUPX car shown above, decorat-
ing schemes will include Englehard, ACFX-Georgia Kaolin,
Specialty Minerals, and JMHX-J. M. Huber.
Walthers has re-tooled
its Russell Snowplow
and plans to release
it in June as a ready-
to-run Proto® series
model. Road-specific
details will include
either wood or steel running boards, three styles of headlights,
and either a Bettendorf-style or modern roller bearing truck
at the rear. Road names for the run will be Canadian National,
Chesapeake & Ohio, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Soo Line,
and MP/UP as shown here with three-color herald. The HO
scale model will have an MSRP of $69.98. An undecorated kit
also will be offered. Walthers catalog currently lists a front cou-
pler pocket kit for its Russell plow. Item 247-311 is currently
available at $5.95, but there is no assurance that they still will
be available when the plows are released in June.
N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Athearn
has sched-
uled an August
release date for
a 40’ triple-bay
rib-side hopper car. In addition to the C&O version shown, the
open-top car will be available for Canadian National, union
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Pacific, SLSF-Frisco, and Reading. The N scale ready-to-roll
model will be priced at $19.88 each or in four-packs at $74.98.
Bachmann
has a motor-
ized turntable with 12
indexed track positions.
The ready-to-use N scale
model features a center-
off spring-loaded direc-
tion switch that controls the slow-speed gear drive system. The
turntable has an MSRP of $145.00. Although designed for use
with Bachmann’s E-Z Track, the manufacturer states the turn-
table is easily adaptable to other popular N scale track.
BLMA
will have a second production run of
its 64’ Union Pacific (ARMN) reefers ready for release late this
year. They will be fitted with the latest Carrier Reefer Units. The
N scale ready-to-run model will be available in 24 numbers at
an MSRP of $27.95 each.
Centralia Car Shops
is scheduled to deliver a new run of 4-4-2
sleepers in June or July. The N scale ready-to-run models will
have individual wire grabirons and truck-mounted knuckle
couplers. In addition to the New York Central car shown here
MRH-Feb 2014
