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the 50’ passenger cars delivered to SEPTA in the early 1980s.
They are still in service today. The models have an MSRP of
$90.00 each. The model can be converted to HO scale two-
rail DC operation using a 3D-printed frame and a Bowser trac-
tion mechanism. For more details visit
InterMountain
Railway
has made the
first release of HO
scale FP7 and
matching F7B units in more than three years. Road names
include Wabash, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Kansas City
Southern (freight scheme), Baltimore & Ohio, Canadian National
(stripe scheme), and New York Central. Additional road names
scheduled for release in June are Southern Pacific (black widow),
SP (gray & scarlet), Santa Fe (cats whiskers in blue and yellow),
B&LE, RF&P, Penn Central, Milwaukee Road, and NJ Transit. A
units for standard DC operation have an MSRP of $159.95 or
$239.95 with DCC and SoundTraxx® Tsunami® sound.
Comparable B units will list at $139.95 and $219.95.
InterMountain is tak-
ing advance reserva-
tions for a new run of
HO scale cylindrical
covered hopper cars
with eight round hatches. The ready-to-run models feature etched
metal roof walks, Kadee® couplers and metal wheelsets. New road
names will be Cominco Fertilizers, Anahuac del Golfo, CNIS-North
American, CPLX (CP Rail paint outs), and Warrenton Railroad. Road
names being rerun are CSX, Canadian National (wet noodle), and
Canadian National (rainbow scheme). The ready-to- run models
will have an MSRP of $39.95. An undecorated kit will be offered at
$11.95. Availability is expected in September or October.
Also due from InterMountain this fall is another run of 60’ PS-1
boxcars. New road names will be Grand Trunk Western (boxcar
red), GTW (blue), and Rock Island. Re-releases with new road
numbers will be Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Santa Fe; Canadian
Pacific (script); Chicago & North Western; Union Pacific; and
Burlington. The HO scale ready-to-run models will have an
MSRP of $34.95. An undecorated kit without couplers will be
available at $19.95.
Kadee
May releases will
include a 40’ PS-1 box-
car decorated for CIL-
Monon. Like the
1952-built prototype,
the HO scale ready-to-run model is equipped with Youngstown
doors and Bettendorf-type trucks. The MSRP will be $36.95.
A second 40’ PS-1 box-
car coming in May will
be lettered for Soo
Line. It has 8’ six-panel
Pullman- Standard
doors. The MSRP will
be $37.95.
The final model in Kadee’s
May release is a Kansas City
Southern 50’ PS-1 boxcar
car with a pair of Pullman-
Standard doors filling the 15’
MRH-Mar 2014
