Briefly noted at press time...
. . .
New ownership for the Great Scale Model Train Show
John “Scott” Geare and Michael Joseph Militello, owners of
Makin’ Tracks of Crozet, VA, have purchased the Ellicott City
Scale Model Railroad Association and all of the Great Scale
Model Train Shows from Howard Zane and Ken Young. Zane
will be an active advisor to the new owners, as well as continue
as a vendor at the shows he established in 1982. Young will
provide training and high-tech support for the event. The new
owners have pledged to continue the well-established pricing
and exhibitor policies for vendors, and show attendees. The
next Great Scale Model Train Show will be held June 21-22 at
the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium,
MD. Inquiries should be directed to Scott Geare at
.
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Athearn
Athearn plans to deliver Genesis HO scale SD45-2 and FP7
locomotives in late December in all new decorating schemes.
The SD45-2 will be produced for CSX, Erie Lackawanna, Norfolk
Southern, and two Santa Fe schemes: Bicentennial and
Kodachrome. The FP7 will be available for Penn Central, Rock
Island, and Atlantic Coast Line.
Also coming from Athearn in late December is another run of
HO scale GE Dash 9-44CW Ready-to-Roll® diesels in the livery
of Santa Fe, British Columbia Railway, Chicago & North Western
Burlington Northern, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
Additional production runs of Athearn’s PS 50’ 5344 boxcars
and a Trinity 5161 triple-bay covered hopper have been sched-
uled for delivery in November. We’ll have road names for you
next month. Also due in November are both HO and N scale
versions of individual Husky Stack cars. Road names will be
BNSF, CSX, Trailer Train, TTX, and TTX with new logo. We’ll have
photos and additional information on all of Athearn’s latest
products next month.
News column - 18
MRH-Jun 2014
