Road names for Atlas’s SD60M will be BNSF, Canadian Pacific,
and CSX (blue and yellow YN3 scheme). Check the above web-
site for pricing of DC and DCC/sound versions as well as pricing
and availability of undecorated models.
Athearn
) will release six new decorating
schemes for its N scale Bethgon Coalporter in February. Road
names will be OGEX-Oklahoma Gas & Electric, BNSF (powder
blue swoosh scheme), CCTX-Coleto Creek Power (light blue
with yellow end), CR-Conrail, FURX-First Union Rail, and TGNX-
Texas Genco II/NRC. Features include 11 different road num-
bers, removable coal loads, wire grab irons, and 100-ton roller
bearing trucks. Single cars will have an MSRP of $19.98 with
five-packs listing at $99.98.
Bachmann
) introduced
several new
N scale items
at NTS includ-
ing a sound- equipped EMD SD45 diesel locomotive. In addi-
tion to the NP version shown here, road names will be Erie
Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Railroad, D&RGW, and Santa Fe. The
ready-to-run model will be available later this year at an MSRP
of $249.00.
will be Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Amtrak, Conrail,
Kansas City Southern, NJ Transit, and Norfolk Southern. The
ready-to-use models will be offered in two-packs with an MSRP
of $29.95. Two-packs of undecorated Explorers will be available
painted orange, white, or yellow at an MSRP of $26.95.
N scale motive power coming from Atlas in the second quarter
of 2015 includes several versions of EMD SD50/SD60/SD60M
diesels. Although nearly identical externally, spotting features
to help identify the three locomotives include four latched
doors in six door panels (SD50), six latched doors in eight door
panels (SD60), and a two-piece windshield (SD60M). Road
names for the Atlas SD50 will be Utah Railway, CSX (blue and
yellow YN3B scheme), and Norfolk & Western.
The SD60 will be decorated for EMD, Canadian National, and
GATX Locomotive Group.
News column - 19
MRH-Aug 2014
