The next production
release of Atlas’ Thrall
53’ triple articulated well
cars has been scheduled
for the 4th quarter of
2014. Interesting spot-
ting features include angular wheel cutouts, wide flared bottom
sections, and narrow side posts. In addition to the TTX scheme
shown above, the HO scale ready-to- run models will also be
available in the blue, white, and red paint scheme of Pacer Stack
Train. The well cars will be sold as a triple set at an MSRP of
$109.95. An undecorated set will list at $89.95.
Bachmann Trains
has
new HO scale
versions of the
Pennsylvania
Railroad class GG-1 electric locomotives. The ready-to-run model
is produced from new tooling and features 12-wheel drive and
twin operating metal pantographs. The locomotive can operate
from overhead wire if desired. DCC-ready versions have an 8-pin
socket for an aftermarket DCC decoder (not included).
The GG-1 is also available in a DCC sound-equipped version
that includes Bachmann Sound Value SoundTraxx. Sounds in
the 16-bit sound package include motors with blowers, panto-
graph extension and retraction, air compressors, short and long
horns, and a bell. Available decorating schemes include PRR in
Brunswick green with a single gold stripe, PRR Brunswick green
with five gold stripes (above), PRR Tuscan red with five stripes,
PRR in congressional silver scheme with a red stripe, and Penn
Central in black with white lettering.
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An HO scale
GP40 is also avail-
able now from
Bachmann. Road
names include
ATSF, Conrail,
Chessie, Amtrak,
and MKT. Visit
the above web-
site for pricing.
As mentioned
here last month,
BLMA
has
announced the
second produc-
tion run of ATSF
60’ Bx-166 dou-
ble-door boxcars.
BLMA will produce the HO scale ready-to-run model in both
the as-delivered Super Shock Control (1974, lower photo) and
Shock Control schemes (1982, top photo). The preliminary CAD
drawings for the project showed the presence of Automatic
Equipment Identification (AEI) tags on each side of the car, how-
ever, the 1974 version of the car will not have AEI tags. The
models are planned for release late this year.
Broadway Limited
) plans to deliver sev-
eral modernized versions of Union Pacific’s 4-12-2 steam loco-
motive this summer. Alco built 88 of the huge 3-cylinder steam
locomotives in the late 1920s. They met their goal for handling
high speed freight on relatively flat country, but the third cylinder
MRH-May 2014
