The Detroit, Toledo &
Ironton boxcar repre-
sents a car built in
1923 and rebuilt in
1948. It has the same
ends and doors as the
NYC car.
The Santa Fe car is based
on a box car built in
1925 withMurphy cor-
rugated steel ends and
Youngstown steel doors.
Accurail’s PFE 40’ steel
reefer with plug doors
represents a reefer
built in 1951 and
rebuilt in 1966. It is
available in a specially
priced 3-pack. Check the above website for details.
The modern Bangor &
Aroostook 50’ insulated
plug-door boxcar has a
diagonal panel roof and
improved Dreadnaught
ends. It is based on a
prototype built in 1970. Except as noted, all Accurail kits men-
tioned have an MSRP of $16.98.
Athearn Division of
Horizon Hobby
) is selling
an HO scale 250-ton
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crane paired with a complimentary boom tender. Road names
available are Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Canadian Pacific.
The Ready-to-Roll set has an MSRP of $59.98.
Athearn
has sched-
uled
another
run of its
Genesis series SDP45 diesel locomotive for release in November.
In addition to the Erie Lackawanna Bicentennial scheme shown
here, road names will be Southern Pacific with “SP” on the nose,
plus BN, Conrail, and VMV Leasing (ex CR).
Also scheduled
for release in
November is
another run of
Genesis GP38-2
diesel locomo-
tives. Road
names on the
Athearn model
will include Burlington Northern (Pacific Pride II scheme, above),
CSX YN2, Boston & Maine, B&M Bicentennial, Grand Trunk, Iowa
Interstate, and Southern Railway.
The third loco-
motive in
Athearn’s
November
schedule is an
Alco RS3. Road
names for the
Ready- to-Roll
series model will
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