News column - 9
InterMountain late this year. In addition to the San Francisco
Chief car shown above, decorating schemes will be available
for Scout, Grand Canyon, El Capitan, Chief, Texas Chief, and
Super Chief. The ready-to- run models will have an MSRP of
$32.95. A previously announced car decorated for Alton has
been cancelled.
Kadee
is
scheduled to release
an HO scale ready-to-
run model of a 50’
Milwaukee Road PS-1
boxcar with a 9’ Youngstown steel door in September. It will
have an MSRP of $37.95.
Also coming in
September is a 50-ton
AAR standard open
hopper car deco-
rated for Santa Fe.
The ready-to-run HO scale model represents a SF class GA72
car built in 1948. The model has an MSRP of $43.95 and comes
with a removable coal load.
KatoUSA
) has scheduled another production run
of its HO scale EMD SD80MAC locomotives for release in
October. The SD80MACs have a maximum speed of 75 mph
and can generate up to 5,000 horsepower. Kato’s 1:87 version
replicates a prototype introduced by EMD in late 1995. Road
names on the ready-to-run models will be available in two
numbers each for Norfolk Southern, Conrail, and CSX in the
dark future scheme. Several consumer-applied detail parts are
supplied including individual windshield wipers, MU hoses, and
grab irons. The models come with a standard 8-pin plug for an
aftermarket DCC decoder (not supplied).
Kato plans to release HO scale Gunderson MAXI-IV well cars in
new paint schemes beginning in August. Road names will be
BNSF (swoosh), Pacer Stacktrain, and TTX with the new logo.
Also expected to arrive at about the same time are new 53’
intermodal containers. Additional information on all new Kato
items, including pricing, is available at their website.
Peach Creek Shops
) is developing an
HO scale model of a Berg hot metal car. The prototype was
designed by P.T. Berg of the Carnegie Steel Company and man-
ufactured in Youngstown, Ohio by the William A. Pollock Co.
MRH-Jul 2014
