Exporail, Canada’s National Train Museum. Additional features
include complete underbody detail including all pipes, frame
members and brake chains, operating dual-beam headlight,
ditch lights, class lights, rear lights, cab interior on the A unit,
and metal Macdonald-Cartier couplers. The models will be
available for standard DC operation (DCC-ready with a 21-pin
quick plug for an after-market decoder) or DCC with factory
installed ESU LokSound decoders loaded with correct FPA-4
sound field recorded by Rapido.
The initial release will be decorated for CN (1959 scheme), CN
(zebra scheme with noodle logo), VIA-CN (CN colors, wiped
nose), VIA-CN (blue and gold scheme with CN on nose), VIA
Rail Canada, Grand Canyon Railroad, Napa Valley Wine Train,
and New York & Lake Erie. An undecorated version is also
planned. Availability is expected late this year. Visit the above
website for additional details including pricing.
Three new
freight cars,
including a
type 103W
10,000 gal-
lon welded
tank car, are
scheduled for release from
Red Caboose
this summer. Road
names on the HO scale ready-to-run tankers will be UTLX,
SHPX, Texaco, Sunco, GATX, Tidewater Flying A (black), Flying A
(silver), Richfield, Warren, Atlantic Coast Line, Phillips 66, and
Sinclair. Conoco cars will be available in both silver (above) and
black schemes. Food industry tank cars will be available for
Roma Wine, Fruit Industries, and Ambrose Wine.
News column - 11
MRH-Jul 2014
