covered hopper cars. In addition to the Stauffer Chemical
scheme shown above, other road names will include Chicago &
North Western, Chicago Great Western, Monon, Norfolk &
Western, Southern Railway, and Southern Pacific. The N scale
ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of $15.95. An undeco-
rated version will be available at $12.95.
Atlas Trainman® series 20’
high-cube MSW trash contain-
ers are also in the 4th quar-
ter release. Road names will
be AWIO, DSEU, USWX and
DSWU. The containers will
be available in 4-packs at an
MSRP of $20.95. To transport
the N scale containers, Atlas
will release appropriate 85’
trash flat cars. Road names for
the ready-to-run open-deck
flats will be Allied Waste, East Carbon-DSEX, and USA Waste.
The N scale flat cars will have an MSRP of $26.95. An undeco-
rated version of the ready-to- run model will list at $21.95.
Speaking of trash, an informative reference guide to trash
train operation is David Casdorph’s
“Railborne Trash & Waste
Containers of New Jersey”
. For details on the 156 page soft-
cover book visit
.
Additional N scale releases scheduled for the 4th quarter
include an 89’4” flat car. It is based on an ACF prototype and
will offer two styles of hitch. Road names will be Southern
Pacific, Great Northern, ECDC Environmental, and Trailer Trains.
Visit the above web site for pricing and other details.
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Atlas has included a
Trainman series 40’
plug-door boxcar in
its final release for
2014. Road names
will be Merchants
Despatch-PVYX, Mountain Pine Lumber, Penn Central,
Transport Leasing Co., and North American Car-MKGX as shown
here. The N scale ready-to-run model will have an MSRP of
$17.95. An undecorated version will list at $13.95.
The 1st quarter of
2015 will see the
arrival of two popu-
lar Atlas N scale
diesel locomotives.
The Chicago & Illinois Midland Master series SD9 shown above
will also be available for Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Duluth Missabe
& Iron Range; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Baltimore &
Ohio; Norfolk & Western; and Pennsylvania Railroad. The
ready-to-run N scale version of EMD’s six-axle workhorse will
have an MSRP of $114.95. It will also be available with a fac-
tory-installed decoder at $149.95.
Atlas’ N scale ver-
sion of a Fairbanks-
Morse H16-44
diesel locomotive
will be offered with
a Phase I early
body style with
sill-mounted handrails. Road names will be New York Central,
Southern Railway, and New Haven. Decorating schemes for
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