year. The unlettered versions will be available in black, white, sil-
ver, and gray. Fully decorated road names will be BNSF (Heritage
II scheme), BNSF (new image scheme with black logo), CSX,
Canadian National, and Norfolk Southern. The ready-to-run mod-
els will have an MSRP of $199.95 or $289.95 with sound.
Kadee
is scheduled
to release an HO
scale ready-to-run
model of a
Northern Pacific
twin-bay covered
hopper car in August. The HO scale model replicates a PS-2
prototype built in 1957 with eight round hatches and deco-
rated with light gray alkali resistant paint.
Also coming from
Kadee in August is
a 40’ steel boxcar
with a 6’ five-
panel Superior
steel door. The
prototype was built in 1954. Kadee’s HO scale ready-to-run kit
will have an MSRP of $34.95.
This Nashville,
Chattanooga &
St Louis 50-ton
Standard AAR
twin-bay hopper
is scheduled for
release by Kadee
in August. It will have an MSRP of $41.95 including the coal load.
News column - 10
MRH-Jun 2014
