road names on the initial release will be BNSF, CB&Q/Colorado
Southern, Chessie System/Western Maryland, Duluth Winnipeg
& Pacific, and Norfolk & Western. Athearn’s new SD40 with
SoundTraxx Tsunami sound and decoder will have an MSRP of
$184.98. Standard DC models will list at $134.98.
Athearn’s NTS
announcements
include a new BSC F89F
89’ 8” flat car with a
Whitehead & Kales bi-
level auto rack. The
newly-tooled model represents a car built by Bethlehem Steel
Company beginning in 1965. Road names will be Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy; Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, New
York Central, Frisco, and Wabash. The Genesis series model is
scheduled for release next March at an MSRP of $49.98.
Athearn plans
to release its
Genesis GP15T/
GP15-1/
GP15AC next
February in several interesting schemes including the
Apalachicola Northern GP15T shown here.
GP15-1 units
will be avail-
able for
Conrail, GATX
Rail Locomotive
Group, and Burlington Northern.
News column - 6
MRH-Aug 2014
