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
News column - 6
MRH-Mar 2013
