An N scale 2-8-4
Berkshire steam
locomotive is also
scheduled to be
released later
this year. The ready-to-run model will be equipped with DCC
sound at an MSRP of $329.00. Road names will include Pere
Marquette, Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha in two road num-
bers, and Nickel Plate Road in contemporary rail fan scheme as
shown here in an HO scale version of the model.
Additional N scale items coming from Bachmann this year
include a 50 foot plug-door boxcar decorated for New York,
New Haven & Hartford; Santa Fe, CP Rail, New York Central,
and Pennsylvania Railroad. The tooling has been upgraded on
this ready-to-run model that will have an MSRP of $32.00.
BLMA Models
announced a
new N scale flat car
at NTS. The model is closely based on a 60 foot steel flat car with
a cast frame as produced by General Steel Casting in the 1950s.
Special features of the ready-to-run model include train line hoses,
and 70-ton Ride Control trucks. In addition to the Wabash version
shown here, the newly-tooled model will be available decorated
for ATSF (1956 scheme), Burlington Northern, Illinois Central,
Pennsylvania (class F-47), and SSW- Cotton Belt. Four numbers
will be available for each road name at an MSRP of $22.95 each.
Delivery is scheduled for early next year.
Fox Valley Models
showed pre-produc-
tion samples of their
new Baltimore & Ohio
class I-12 wagon-top
cabooses at NTS. Four
versions of the N scale
model will be available later this year including B&O (1940s
scheme), B&O (late 1950s scheme), B&O (blue, pool service
scheme), and Chessie System (yellow, B&O from 1973 to early
1980s). The ready-to-run models will have an MSRP of $34.95.
InterMountain Railway is responsible for marketing Fox Valley
products. For additional information visit
Rapido Trains Inc.
)
has announced
plans to produce an
N scale EMD FL9
locomotive. Built
between 1956 and
1960, the FL9 was a
dual-power loco-
motive able to
operate as a traditional diesel-electric as well as on direct elec-
tric power. This allowed it to handle New Haven Railroad’s pas-
senger trains in and out of New York City’s Grand Central
Terminal without the need for an engine change. This is the
first time a plastic version of this unique locomotive has been
produced. Rapido is cutting new tooling for the models that
Photo courtesy of Mike Schafer
MRH-Aug 2014
