A Soo Line 40’ steel boxcar with
combination plug and sliding
side doors is also new.
Accurail has released a kit for a
Gulf Mobile & Ohio 50-ton twin-
bay hopper car with offset
sides, and a kit for a 50’
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie boxcar
with riveted steel sides.
Additional new HO kits from
Accurail include a 40’ New
Haven single-sheathed boxcar
with wood sides and ends, and
a Milwaukee Road 40’ insulated
steel boxcar with a plug door.
Athearn
) plans to release its Genesis series
GP40-2 with new road names in August. They include Conrail
(Phase IIa, 81” nose), Iowa Chicago & Easter (88” nose), Norfolk
Southern (both Phase I and IIa), and DRGW (both Phase I with
81” nose and Phase III with 88” nose). Standard DC non-sound
versions of the HO scale Genesis series model, priced at $169.98
each, will be DCC-ready using Quick Plug™ technology.
News column - 4
MRH-Feb 2013
