December are 4750 cu. Ft. triple-bay covered hopper cars. HO
scale ready-to-run models will be available for Reading, Blue
Mountain & Northern; Albert City Farmers; Big 6 Co-op; Cook
Industries; Aurora Co-Op; Lapeyrouse Grain Corporation;
General Chemical; Percival Grain Inc.; Producers Grain; and as
shown here, Valley Nitrogen Producers. The release includes an
undecorated kit that will be sold without couplers. Visit the
above web site for additional details including pricing.
HO scale ready-
to-run models
of TTX bi-level
auto racks are
scheduled for
release by InterMountain late this year. Racks with TTX flats will
be offered in four road numbers each for Union Pacific, Soo Line,
B&O/Chessie System, Providence & Winchester, Ferromex, and
Grand Trunk.
InterMountain’s November-December production release
includes another run of AAR Alternate Standard Twin-Bay
Hopper Cars. In addition to the Litchfield & Madison car shown
here, decorating schemes for the HO scale model will be Santa
Fe, C&O (with Dreadnaught ends), C&O (notched arch ends),
Chesapeake & Ohio (notched arch ends), Nickel Plate Road, Ohio
State University, and Baltimore & Ohio (Dreadnaught ends). The
ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $39.95. An undeco-
rated kit is currently available at $19.95 less couplers.
Kadee Quality
Products
is quoting a
June release date
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for an HO scale Central of Georgia 40’ PS-1 boxcar. The decorat-
ing scheme includes a “Compartmentizer” banner on the right
side and “The Right Way” slogan on the left. The model repli-
cates the 10-panel welded sides and 7’ Superior five-panel doors
of the prototype.
Also due from Kadee next
month is a Lehigh & New
England 50-ton AAR twin-
bay hopper car with flat
ends and offset sides.
Kadee’s July pro-
duction schedule
includes two 40’
boxcars – a Union
Pacific car with 8’
Youngstown doors
(above), and a
Grand TrunkWestern car with 8’ six-panel Pullman-Standard doors
(below).
Pricing and addi-
tional details are
available at the
above website.
KatoUSA
) has added Union Pacific and San Luis
& Rio Grande to its lineup of HO scale SD90/43MAC locomo-
tives. Previously announced road names include Union Pacific
(We Will Deliver slogan), Canadian Pacific (Golden Beaver),
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