of the equipment was decorated in a dramatic paint scheme
designed especially for the train. To help signal the presence of
the train, the locomotive horns were tuned to replicate the
opening notes of “Oh, Canada.”
Rapido
) has announced plans to produce an
HO scale version of Canada’s Confederation Train. In addition
to the unique paint scheme, the locomotives will be equipped
with dual-mode ESU LokSound decoders that replicate the “Oh,
Canada” horn notes. Rapido will require a minimum of 300
reservations in order to proceed with this unique project. For
complete details visit the above website.
Red Caboose
will release its
Tropicana 57’
mechanical refrig-
erator car in several paint schemes late this year. There will be
eight variations of the white car and four of the orange car.
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The MSRP on the
HO scale ready-
to-run model
will be $39.95.
InterMountain
Railway is responsible for marketing Red Caboose products. For
additional information visit
.
Here is a preview
photo of
Rivarossi’s
newly-tooled GE
U25C locomotive.
The initial release of
the HO scale ready-
to-run locomotive
is expected later
this month. Two numbers each will be available for Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy; Atlantic Coast Line; Northern Pacific;
and Pennsylvania Railroad. Models equipped with DCC/Sound
will have an MSRP of $299.99. Models for conventional DC
operation will list at $219.99. According to Hornby America,
Rivarossi’s North American distributor, the new U25C will be
manufactured from all new tooling and has no relation to the
model Rivarossi introduced in the 1960s. For additional infor-
mation visit
Virginia Foundry & Model Works
is taking reservations for a
resin kit for an HO scale 34’ boxcar from the truss rod era. The
prototype was a New York, New Haven & Hartford double-
sheathed boxcar with an outside end sill built by the Michigan
Peninsular Car Co. in 1895. The kit is composed of several cast
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