be New York Central, Central of New Jersey, Canadian National,
Reading, and Gulf Mobile & Ohio.
Also due in November is
an Athearn Ready-to-Roll
40’ steel boxcar with an
MSRP under $20.00.
Road names with
Youngstown doors will
be Western Pacific (feather scheme), and Denver & Rio Grande
Western (cookie box slogan). Road names with Superior steel
doors will be New York Central (jade), Norfolk & Western (ham-
burger herald), Ferrocarril Méxicano, and Akron Canton &
Youngstown.
During the
Canadian
Supertrain
event last
month in
Calgary,
Alberta, Athearn announced plans to release a new group of
Genesis series locomotives in late December. They include two
Canadian Pacific GP9s: one in the red, white and black Pac Man
scheme, and a passenger version in maroon and gray with
script lettering.
A Canadian
National
GP9 Phase
I with road
number
specific
details including a muffler-type spark arrester will also be in the
December release, along with a yellow and blue Santa Fe GP7u
with a Topeka cab.
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Visit the
above
website
for pricing
information
and other details on these newly announced Athearn models.
Atlas Model Railroad
Company
)
has scheduled delivery of
HO scale Fairbanks-
Morse H16-44 diesel
locomotives for the 4th
quarter of this year.
Phase II body types with
sill-mounted handrails will be available for Santa Fe, Chihuahua
al Pacifico, Erie Lackawanna (D&LW transition scheme), and
MKT. Road names for Phase I early body types will be New York
Central, Southern Railway, and New Haven. Details such as fuel
tank skirts, headlight position, and the type of truck sideframe
will be road-specific. The Atlas H16-44 will have an MSRP of
$159.95 or $269.95 with a factory-installed DCC decoder.
Atlas has included a 40’
plug-door boxcar in its
final release for 2014.
Road names will be Fruit
Growers Express-RBNX
(above), Fruit Growers
Express-ACL, Great
Northern-RBWX, Green Bay & Western, Mountain Pine Lumber,
and Penn Central. Visit the above website for additional details
including pricing information.
MRH-May 2014
