for standard DC
and $349.95
for DC-DCC
dual mode with
Sound. See an
authorized dealer or visit the above website to reserve.
Hornby America
, the North American dis-
tributor for several European
product Lines, including
Rivarossi, showed several new
items in their National Train
Show display booth. Drawing
considerable attention was this
HO scale Virginian Railroad class
AG 2-6-6-6 steam locomotive. The model features a heavy diecast
metal chassis with an injection molded plastic superstructure. Of
note are the RP25 contour wheels. A standard DC version of the
HO scale ready-to-run locomotive will have an MSRP of $479.99. A
DCC version with ESU LokSound V4.0 dual- mode decoder will list
at $599.99.
Hornby also showed pre-production
samples of a Rivarossi U25C diesel at
NTS. While Jeff Shultz of MRH was tak-
ing this close-up photo of the ACL sam-
ple, a company representative pointed
out that while the stanchions are cor-
rectly sized, the profile of the handrails
will be reduced by about 30 percent in the production version.
Final pricing and release dates are pending.
News column - 15
Roundhouse
Division of Athearn
plans to
release a 40 foot wood reefer with steel underframe in
February. In
addition to
the Canadian
National (maple
leaf herald) ver-
sion shown here, three numbers each will be available for
Pacific Fruit Express (Southern Pacific herald), PFE (Western
Pacific herald), National Refrigerator Company (A&P scheme),
and NRC (Yakima Valley Apples scheme). The HO scale ready-
to-run model will have an MSRP of $19.98.
Tangent Scale Models
) showed
samples of its new HO Scale General American Dry-Flo covered
hopper at the National Train Show. The model is based on a
3500 cu. ft. car General American Transportation Corporation
produced beginning in 1959. This is the first time this proto-
type has been produced in HO scale.
Special features include nicely detailed
gravity-pneumatic outlet gates, Kadee
couplers and, depending on the road
name, either ASF 70-ton Ride Control plain
bearing trucks or Barber S-2-A 70- ton
roller bearing trucks. Road names include
Burlington Northern (Cascade green),
Conrail, Illinois Central, Northern Pacific,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific
(Albina silver), GACX-DOW Freeport TX,
and GACX-Diamond Sugar – Montreal. An
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