Steel for the Union Pacific. Twelve authentically decorated road
names are now available. They include four UP schemes, two
Bessemer & Lake Erie schemes, two each of L&N and Illinois
Central Gulf schemes, plus CSX and Clinchfield. An undecorated
version is also available. The ready-to-run models have an
MSRP of $34.95 each. Tangent allows mixing for multiple car
discounts on quantity purchases in increments of 6, 12, 36 and
48. Visit the above website for ordering information and com-
plete details on each scheme.
Tangent has scheduled
another production run
of its General American
triple-dome tank car.
The first run, released
last October, quickly
sold out. An availability
date has not been announced, but Tangent generally does not
announce a product until it is in stock and ready to ship.
The TrainMaster
) has introduced
an HO scale kit that builds into a Caboose Services facility with
five structures. They include a flag & lantern stand, supply
shed, coal bunker, fuel tank, and ice house. The kit is composed
of scale stripwood and laser-cut walls and roofs. More than 50
details such as oil tank with spigot, barrels, storage shelf with
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supplies, ice blocks, oil can, hand lantern, nut/bolt castings,
coal scoop, coal bucket, pallet, hinges, ladder, junk shelf, trash
cans, and precision doors and windows are included in the kit.
Photos and templates to aid construction are included and a
how-to video is available on The Train Master website. The kit
is priced at $89.00.
Model Works
has intro-
duced an HO scale cast
resin kit for an American
Ballast Co. boxcar circa
1895. Development of
the kit is based on the
only known photo of the
prototype (above). Note
that the truss rods are located at the extreme outside edge of
the frame suggesting that there are doors in the center of the
floor to drop ballast. Also note the lift rings along the top of the
sides indicating that the roof was removable to facilitate load-
ing. The interesting door arrangements suggest there were sev-
eral different bins inside the car for different grades of ballast.
The kit consists of a one-
piece resin body casting
including all door details
with separate resin cast-
ings for the floor, side
and end beams, roof
walk, and bolsters. Grab
irons, queen posts,
brake platform, turn-
buckles, corner steps,
lift rings, Kadee #501 archbar trucks and #5 couplers are all
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