express trucks. A steam generating option is also available. The
new run is scheduled for early 2015 at an MSRP of $79.95 each.
SoundTraxx
has
introduced CurrentKeeper™, a new
device designed to insure contin-
ued operation of DCC-equipped
locomotives during power loss.
Measuring 40 mm x 6 mm x 11
mm, SoundTraxx reports that its new CurrentKeeper™ will
maintain power to a DCC decoder for up to 10 seconds. The
CurrentKeeper™ has an MSRP of $24.95 each.
Walthers
has scheduled a release
date of July for the next
run of its Trinity-built
14,000-gallon molten sul-
fur tank car. Road names for the ready-to-run model will be
General American-GATX, First Union Rail-TEOX, First Union Rail-
NDYX, Sulcom Inc-SUJX,
Trinity Industries-TIMX
and Trinity Industries-TILX
as shown here. The Proto
series model features
see-through etched-
metal walkways and end
platforms. The MSRP will
be $39.98 each.
Two Cornerstone kits for
residential houses will be
released in July at an
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MSRP of $24.98 each. They include a brick Cape Cod house
with two optional front walls, and a frame ranch house that
can be assembled with either a bay or picture window.
Yarmouth
Model Works
continues
to expand its
line of detail
parts for prototype modelers with the release of five types of
replacement stirrup steps. The HO scale etched brass steps are
designed to replace the broken plastic stirrups on plastic freight
cars. They can also be used for scratchbuilding and other appli-
cations. Item 201 on the left has 14 replacement steps for
Red Caboose, Front Range, and InterMountain (IMRC) steel
boxcars. Item 205 has 12 replacement steps for IMRC R-40-10
reefer cars. Additional replacement steps are available now for
IMRC R-40- 23 reefers, IMRC type 27 tank cars, Red Caboose
type 103W tank cars, and Proto 2000 type 21 tank cars. Each
item sells for $3.00 and has 12 to 14 steps. Eleven more sets of
replacement steps are scheduled to be released this summer.
For additional information or to order visit the above website.
N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Atlas Model Railroad
Company’s
4th quarter release sched-
ule for 2014 includes
another run of the popular
Trainman series PS-2
MRH-May 2014
