has rendered the PS4750 in a dimensionally-accurate replica
with authentic decorating schemes and accurate lettering fonts
and stencils. Additional details include see-though metal run-
ning boards and crossover platforms, wire grab irons, uncou-
pling bars, separate air hoses, and Tangent 100-ton trucks with
machined metal 36” wheels.
The model replicates the same variations in road-name details
as Pullman-Standard applied to the prototype. Examples include
variations in brake systems, outlet gates, roofs, roof hatches,
roof overhangs, running boards, crossover platforms, end lad-
ders, jacking pads, brake wheels and brake wheel housing. This
is an accurate model with more than 100 parts per car including
Kadee couplers, metal wheelsets and Tangent 100-ton trucks.
Roads currently available include a CRDX-Manitoba (gray with
separate Manitoba provincial coat-of- arms) as seen here.
Additional roadnames are ATSF-Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe class GA-191 (1975 red scheme); CNW-Chicago & North
Western (1974 dark green with yellow lettering); CNW- Chicago
& North Western (1974 blue faded to 1990s look); DRGW-
Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange scheme with large
DRGW logo); SOO- Soo Line (white body, yellow wheat stalk,
dark green lettering); and PTLX-Percival Grain, Percival, IA (blue
and black body, white billboard lettering). An undecorated
kit for a car from the 1974-‘75 era is also available. Tangent’s
PS4750 has an MSRP of $44.95. Mixing for multiple car dis-
counts on direct quantity purchases in increments of 6, 12, 36
and 48 is allowed. Visit the above website for details.
Here is a look at the pilot model of a single-track snow plow
under development by
TrueLine Trains
). The
HO scale model is based on a prototype built by Canadian Car
& Foundry and used by Canadian Pacific, Canadian National
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and other northern
railways. Special fea-
tures will include oper-
ational wings, code 88
stainless steel wheels,
an ESU decoder, and
Kadee #158 couplers.
We don’t know the
minimum operating
radius but according to
TLT, the underframe is
being designed to allow the plow to “navigate tight radii curves.”
Pricing and a firm availability date are pending.
Trackside Scenery
has HO scale kits for
shallow relief tenement structures. The kits combine photo-
realistic print sheets with laser-cut wood components to create
a shallow 3D structure. Currently available are variations of a
run-down three-story tenement building. The kits are available
direct with pricing for HO versions starting at $19.95. Visit the
above website for details.
MRH-Jul 2014
