Phase II version will be Santa Fe, Chihuahua al Pacifico, Erie
Lackawanna (D&LW transition scheme), and MKT. The H16-
44 will have an MSRP of $119.95 or $159.95 with a factory-
installed decoder.
Bachmann
has released
its N scale
Baldwin 4-6-0
steam locomotive in new road names. In addition to the Nickel
Plate scheme shown here, the ready-to-run model is avail-
able decorated for Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and
Southern Railway in candy-apple green. Visit the above website
for pricing information.
As mentioned here
last month,
BLMA
)
has announced the
second produc-
tion run of ATSF 60’
Bx-166 double-door
boxcars. BLMA will
offer the N 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. In a recent announcement BLMA has
clarified that the 1974 version of the car will not have AEI tags.
The models are planned for release late this year.
News column - 14
InterMountain
Railway
) is taking reser-
vations for N scale
SD40-2 diesel locomotives for delivery late this year. In addition
to the Rock Island scheme shown here, locomotives will be avail-
able decorated for British Columbia Railway, Conrail, MKT,
Florida East Coast, Canadian Pacific, BNSF Heritage III scheme
that is commonly known as “swoosh”, and Chessie System. Visit
the above website for additional details including pricing.
Also coming from
InterMountain
sometime in
November or
December are
4750 cu. ft. triple bay covered hopper cars. Ready-to-run N
scale models will be available for Reading, Blue Mountain &
Northern; Albert City Farmers; Big 6 Co-op; Cook Industries;
Valley Nitrogen Producers; Aurora Co-op; Lapeyrouse Grain
Corporation; General Chemical; Producers Grain, and as shown
here, Percival Grain Inc. Visit the above website for additional
details including pricing.
KatoUSA
)
has N scale mod-
els of both early
(pre-1990) and
mid-production
(post-1990) ver-
sions of EMD’s popular SD40-2 diesel. Road names for early units
MRH-May 2014
