Briefly noted at press time...
. . .Moloco showedpreproduction samplesof their upcom-
ing50’ General AmericanRBL at theTorontoRPMMeet late
lastmonth. Scheduled for releaseabout thefirst of June, road
nameswill includeSoo Line, CGW (maroon), GM&O (green),
andD&RGW (Aspengold, aluminum, andblack).
. . . Katohas just releasedChicago&NorthWesternEMDE8
locomotives andmatching smooth sidepassenger car sets
alongwithGundersonMAXI-IVwell cars –all inN scale.
. . . Athearnhas scheduledanother production runof itsHO
scaleGenesis SDP45diesel locomotive for release inNovember.
Roadnameswill beErie LackawannaBicentennial, Southern
Pacificwith “SP”on thenose, plusBN, Conrail, andVMV
Leasing (exCR). Alsodue inNovember areGenesisGP38-2
dieselsdecorated for B&M, B&MBicentennial, CSXYN2, Grand
Trunk, Soo, Iowa Interstate, andBurlingtonNorthern in the
PacificPride II scheme. AnHO scaleReady-To-Roll AlcoRS3 is
also in theNovember releasealongwithanN scale53’ GSCflat
car. The “widowmaker”has a simulatedwooddeckandwill
beavailabledecorated for BN, D&RGW, Southern, Southern
Pacific, andUnionPacific.
. . . BLMAhas announced the secondproduction runof ATSF
Bx-16660’ double-door boxcarsdecorated in theoriginal red
ShockControl schemeof themid-1970s. BothNandHO scale
modelsof the60’ carswill beavailable in24numbers. Delivery
is scheduled for late this year.
News column - 20
MRH-Apr2014
