Later this year,
Bachmann plans
to release its HO
scale EMD GP40
decorated for Union
Pacific, Santa Fe,
Alaska Railroad, Soo
Line, and Norfolk Southern. The ready-to-run model will have
Bachmann’s Sound Value SoundTraxx diesel 16-bit package with
prototypical prime mover, three air horns, and bell. MSRP $209.00.
Bowser
has sev-
eral HO scale kits with
an MSRP of just $14.95. The Pennsylvania class Gs gondola shown
here is based on an 11-panel steel car built in the early 1900s with
fixed ends. The black and white keystone herald on the model was
first applied to the decades old cars in 1954 when more than 1,000
of the original 30,000 Gs gondolas were still on PRR’s roster.
Bowser’s latest flat car
kit is a PRR class F-30
car built circa 1950.
In addition to the
Clinchfield ver-
sion shown here,
Bowser’s 45’ 100-ton
triple-bay hopper is
also available decorated for Reading. All of the Bowser car kits
shown here have molded-on details. They come with appropri-
ate trucks and knuckle couplers.
News column - 10
MRH-Aug 2014
