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.
MRH-Aug 2014
