Check your favorite retailer for pricing or order direct from
CMW at the above website.
ExactRail
has
released an HO
scale model of
a Bethlehem
3737/3716 open-top hopper car. Modelers have been antici-
pating this model since a pre-production sample was shown
at the prototype modelers meets in St. Louis last summer and
in Monroe, WA in October. Bethlehem built over 10,000 of the
prototype cars beginning in 1973 with the initial production
release going to Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Subsequent orders
went to the Texas & Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Chicago &
North Western. Many are still in service today with some cars
rebuilt to 4000 cu ft capacity.
Spotting features replicated by ExactRail include single-door
Wine locks, and welded top cord gussets. The ready-to-
run Platinum series model features interior details, Kadee®
#58 couplers, and ASF 100-ton Ride Control trucks with 36”
machined wheels. ExactRail is offering multiple road numbers
for CEI, TP, MP, and CNW. The model is priced at $38.95 each.
For a detailed overview of both the prototype and the model
go to
.
Frenchman River Model
Works
is selling a kit for
an HO scale covered
wooden barge. The
model represents a
barge with a captain’s
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cabin built into the end of the enclosure. This type of harbor
barge was in common use until the 1950s.
The kit has a one-piece
cast resin hull (hollow
on the underside) and a
resin cover that includes
cast-in interior wall and
ceiling details. Additional
resin cast components
include hatch covers and
ladders. Cleats and bollards are cast in lead-free pewter. Five
laser-cut wood doors and window glazing material, plus Grandt
Line door and window castings, make up the balance of the kit.
Visit the above website for pricing and ordering information.
Imperial Hobby Productions
is sell-
ing an HO scale model of a Kawasaki single-ended light rail
vehicle decorated for SEPTA – Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority. This is a non-powered display model
with SEPTA broad-gauge wheels. The model will not fit on stan-
dard HO track. The fully assembled models faithfully represent
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