production runwill also
include rerunsof
BurlingtonNorthern,
Chessie/C&O, Rio
Grande, andConrail.
Eachdecorating
schemewill beavailable in threenew roadnumbers. TheHO
scaleReady-To-Rollmodelwill haveanMSRPof $24.98.
Thefinal HO scale item inAthearn’sOctober release is a53’
Refrigerated Trailer. Three roadnumberswill be available for
May TruckingCo., Dick Simon Trucking, England Intermodal,
Stevens, andMarket Transport, Ltd. Themodel will follow the
practiceof eachprototypewith variations in fuel tanks and
the locationof sparetire rack. Themodel will have anMSRP
of $26.98.
AtlasModelRailroad
Company
plans to release
a runof 4650cu.ft.
Centerflowcovered
hopper carsduring the thirdquarterof 2014. Pre-1971decorat-
ing schemeswill beavailable forCanadianNational andGreat
Northern (above). Post-1971 schemeswill includeGoldenWest
(INTX), Solvay, Solvay (Transitech repaint),UnionPacific (Building
America slogan), andWesternPacific. TheMaster Line series
ready-to-runmodelwill haveanMSRPof $37.95.Anundeco-
ratedversionwill list at$31.95.
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Alsodue fromAtlas in the thirdquarter isaTrainmaster®alumi-
numcoal gondolawitha load. Roadnameswill beBNSF, CIT
Corp., PennCentral, PennsylvaniaRailroad, andSomerset
Railroad. TheHO scale ready-to-rungondolawill list at$24.95.
Anundecoratedversionwill beavailable for$11.95.
Atlaswill release its
Master Line®GP38
andGP40diesel
locomotives innew
paint schemesduring
the fourthquarterof 2014. Three rooftop radiator fansat the
rearof the longhooddifferentiateaGP40 from its lowerhorse-
powerGP38whichhas just two fansat this location. Roadnames
applied to theGP38will beConnDot (NewHaven), Louisville&
Nashville, CentralOregon&Pacific, TRRA, Rail America, and
VermontRailway (Rail Americapatch-above).
Inaddition to the
W&LE scheme
shownhere, Atlas
plans to release its
HO scaleGP40deco-
rated forMilwaukeeRoad (Hiawatha scheme), Rock Island,
SeaboardCoast Line, andBelt Railwayof Chicago. AbasicDC
versionof themodelwill haveanMSRPof $149.95. Sound
equippedmodelswithaDCCdecoderwill list at $259.95.
The fourthquarterof 2014hasbeen set as the releasedate for
AtlasMaster® seriesof 36’ truss rod reefers. Theearlywood
carswill beavailabledecorated forNorthAmericanDespatch
–Frigicar,NorthAmericanDespatch–NorfolkPoultry, Klinck
PackingCo.,MichiganAlkali, C.F. Vissman&Co., andSchott
MRH-Apr2014
