News column - 8
The HO scale
model, which
Atlas completely
retooled in 2010,
is based on a
group of prototypes built for CN in 1976. The release will
include a GO Transit model in three new road numbers. In
addition to the CN (CNNA scheme) shown here, new road
names will be CN (zebra scheme); Aberdeen, Carolina &
Western; Central Michigan; Huron & Western; and Pan Am
Railways. DC models will have an MSRP of $159.95. Models
with DCC and sound will list at $269.95.
Atlas has sched-
uled a release of
its HO scale
AEM-7/ALP-44
electric locomo-
tive for early next
year. Building the
prototypes,
which were
designed to
replace the famous GG1s, was an international project. The
principal design company, ASEA of Sweden, supplied the elec-
trical components and contracted with EMD to provide the
mechanical equipment and final assembly. A locomotive man-
ufacturer in Austria prefabricated the bodies, except for the
first two which were built in the USA by Budd. The AEM-7 and
ALP-44 are nearly identical with the principal difference being
the grid along the top of the ALP-44 car body. In addition to
the NJ Transit version shown here, road names will include
Amtrak (as-delivered scheme), Amtrak (Acela scheme), Great
MRH-Aug 2014
