Atlas has sched-
uled a new run
of 70-ton Hart
ballast cars with
delivery expected
some time during the second quarter of 2014. Road names
will include Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Rock Island,
Southern, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and CMStP&P/Milwaukee
Road. The HO scale ready-to-run model will have an MSRP
of $29.95 or $89.95 for a three-pack. Individual undecorated
models will list at $23.95 each.
Atlas is reviving its AEM-7 electric locomotive that was last
released in 2001. Features of the Master Line series model
will include operating pantographs, directional headlights and
operating marker lights, cab interior with painted crew mem-
bers, wire grab irons, and Accumate knuckle couplers. Road
names will include Amtrak, Amtrak (Acela scheme), and NJ
Transit. Fantasy road names being applied to the new AEM-7
will be Great Northern (Empire Builder scheme), Lackawanna,
Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania, and Reading. Standard DC and
DCC models with factory-installed sound will both be offered.
Delivery will be late this year. Pricing is TBA.
Bowser
plans to deliver a
new group of class H30
three-bay covered hop-
per cars in September.
Spotting features on the newly-tooled model include the
unique outside frame, ten square roof hatches, and hopper
shakers. In addition to the PRR shadow keystone version shown
here, decorating schemes will include PRR (gray with circle
keystone), PRR (gray with plain keystone), PRR (oxide red with
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circle keystone), PRR (oxide red with plain keystone and S des-
ignator), PRR (yellow), PC (green), PC (green with S designa-
tor), Norfolk & Western (gray), and Conrail (gray). The HO scale
ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $29.95.
Centralia Car
Shops
has
released four
versions of a
Southern Pacific
class C-40-4
Bay Window
Caboose. The group includes SP 1400-1499 series with orange
bay and ends as shown above. Other versions have mounted
markers, window screens, and orange steps. Special features
include interior details, wire grab irons, etched-metal run-
ning boards, swing-motion roller bearing trucks, and Kadee®
couplers. The HO scale models have an MSRP of $49.95 each.
InterMountain Railway is responsible for marketing Centralia
Car Shops products. For additional information visit
Classic Metal Works
has several
new vehicles available includ-
ing this 1941/1946 Chevrolet
pickup truck decorated for
Texaco service. Additional
HO scale models avail-
able now include a GMC PD4501 Gold Stripe SceniCruiser
bus, a 1941/1946 Chevrolet box delivery truck decorated for
Seagram’s 7, and several 1953 Ford Couriers decorated as ser-
vice vehicles for TV repair, plumber, pharmacy, and dry cleaner.
MRH-Mar 2014
