Athearn’s
)
next production
run of Genesis
SD60 locomotives
will include three
different BNSF
paint schemes.
The mix shown
above (from the
top) will include
Heritage I,
Heritage II, and a new BNSF experimental scheme. Additional road
names in this release will be Norfolk Southern (Horsehead
scheme), Conrail, and Union Pacific (SD60M). All are due to arrive
in late December.
Also scheduled
for release in late
December are
SW1500 locomo-
tives decorated
for Amtrak,
Conrail, D&RGW (SW1000), BNSF (heritage), BNSF (wedge
scheme), NS (Horsehead scheme), and NS (River Street Rambler
scheme) as seen above.
Athearn will
include a Ready-
to-Roll® PS-2
2893 covered
hopper in the
December
release. In addition to the SP car shown here with red lettering,
other road names will be Reading, Grand Trunk (blue), Central
of Georgia, and C&O (progress scheme).
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An HO scale single
dome tank car is
also scheduled for
release in late
2014. Road names
will be UTLX,
Indian Refining, GATX, Crystal/Red, and ATSF (above). The MSRP
will be $26.98 each.
A group of 53’ CIMC containers will be available in a three-pack
at an MSRP of $29.98. Owner names will be Marten, HUB
Group, EMP, CSX/Boxcar, COFC Logistics, and Schneider as illus-
trated here. The HO scale stackable containers feature separate
door closure rods.
Athearn’s list of
releases for late
December con-
cludes with a
caboose; a steel
bay window
type with an MSRP of $19.98. Road names will be Chicago North
Western (illustrated here), Western Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Norfolk Southern, Erie Lackawanna, and FNM – Ferrocarriles
Nacionales de Mexico. Some roads will have plugged windows
depending on the practice of the prototype.
Atlas
) is scheduled to release a new run of its Master
series pulpwood flat cars during the 4th quarter of this year. The
HO scale models come with a pulpwood load for the V-deck cars.
MRH-Jun 2014
