and Indiana Rail
Road. See you
dealer or visit
the above web-
site for pricing
and availability.
Nick & Nora Designs
is sell-
ing an HO scale kit for a
maintenance of way shed.
The lineside MOW struc-
ture has a footprint of 2.0”
x 2.8125.” Components
include laser-cut walls, cast
resin doors, and Tichy win-
dows. For additional information including pricing visit the
above website.
NJ International
has added two
new items for HO scale flat car
loads. A 15’ dozer blade (above
left) is available now in a
3-pack at $15.99. The backhoe buckets are available in 5-packs
at $17.99.
NJ International
has also released
a new run of
crane sections.
They come in a
5-pack at $17.99.
News column - 11
QConnection
) is selling kits
for a 1943 ver-
sion of a CB&Q
class HC-1 twin-
bay 70- ton hop-
per. Priced at $24.95 each, the HO scale kit features Kadee
#158 whisker couplers and Kadee two-piece self-centering
National type B-1 trucks. Produced for QConnection by Bowser,
the kit includes additional weight to meet the NMRA recom-
mended practice.
Rapido Trains
has expanded the
selection of road
names on the
next production
run of its HO scale
steam generator
cars. New roads
will include the Amtrak 2 scheme shown above, plus Spokane,
Portland & Seattle; Ontario Northland (green scheme); and
Canadian Pacific.
Road names from the first production run that are being rerun
include CN (1954 green scheme), CN (noodle), D&RGW, GN,
Milwaukee Road, Milwaukee Road (yellow UP scheme), NYC,
NP, Ontario Northern (chevron scheme), PRR, ATSF, UP, VIA Rail
Canada, and undecorated.
Rapido’s steam generator car is based on a CN prototype built
by General Motors. Rapido’s HO scale ready-to-run model fea-
tures working backup lights, complete underbody detail, and BX
MRH-May 2014
