An HO scale
GP40 is also avail-
able now from
Bachmann. Road
names include
ATSF, Conrail,
Chessie, Amtrak,
and MKT. Visit
the above web-
site for pricing.
As mentioned
here last month,
BLMA
has
announced the
second produc-
tion run of ATSF
60’ Bx-166 dou-
ble-door boxcars.
BLMA will produce the HO 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, how-
ever, the 1974 version of the car will not have AEI tags. The
models are planned for release late this year.
Broadway Limited
) plans to deliver sev-
eral modernized versions of Union Pacific’s 4-12-2 steam loco-
motive this summer. Alco built 88 of the huge 3-cylinder steam
locomotives in the late 1920s. They met their goal for handling
high speed freight on relatively flat country, but the third cylinder
