In addition to the UP version shown, the O scale ready-to-run
model will be available decorated for Southern Pacific, and Texas
& Pacific.
A 55-ton USRA twin-bay hopper will be available from Atlas O in
the 4th quarter of 2014. Road names for the open top car will be
Chesapeake & Ohio, Ontario & Western, Southern Pacific,
Wabash, and Pennsylvania Railroad.
O scale models
scheduled for
release by Atlas O
in the 1st quarter
of 2015 include a
36’ wood-
sheathed reefer from the truss rod era. Ice hatches and the type
of truss rod on the Master series model will be appropriate to
the road name. In addition to the NADX Frigicar shown above,
decorating schemes will be C.F. Vissman & Co., Klinck Packing,
Schott Brewing, Michigan Alkali, and Norfolk Poultry.
Also projected for
release in the 1st
quarter of next
year is a Master
series GP7 die-
sel locomotive. Body details and appurtenances of the O
scale model will be for a Phase II version of the EMD proto-
type. Road names will be Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Denver
& Rio Grande Western; Union Pacific; and Erie Lackawanna
(above). Two-rail and 3-rail models will be available as well as
an unpowered version. Visit the above website for additional
information and pricing.
News column - 4
MRH-May 2014
