News column - 7
Several new versions of an HO scale yard tractor will be
included in the March release. Features include photo-etched
steps and rear deck, adjustable 5th wheel, rubber tires, and
clear window glazing. In addition to the safety-yellow with
white striped bumper shown here, decorating schemes will
include UPS, white or yellow with striped bumper, and white or
yellow with black bumper. The MSRP will be $19.98 each.
Atlas
will release
its HO scale
GP39-2 during
the first quarter
of 2015. The Trainman series model will have separately
applied hand rails and end railings. Location dimples are pro-
vided for modelers wishing to install grab irons. Road names
will be Union Pacific, BNSF (bold heritage scheme), Copper
Basin Railway, Santa Fe (Kodachrome scheme) and Twin Cities
& Western.
Also scheduled
for release early
next year is an
Atlas Master
series 42’ steel
coil car with fishbelly side sills. Based on a prototype launched
in the 1960s, the HO scale ready-to-run model will be available
decorated for Bethlehem Steel, US Steel, US Steel Geneva
Works, AK Steel, Armco Steel, Nucor, Union Railroad, CSIX-
California Steel Industries, and Republic Steel as shown here.
The model will have an MSRP of $36.95. An undecorated ver-
sion will list at $29.95.
Atlas has scheduled a first
quarter release for a
Trainman series ACF 3560
cu. ft. Center-Flow cov-
ered hopper. New road
numbers will be available
for ACFX and Norchem cars. New paint schemes will include
Gardiner Inc., Niagara/Wisconsin, Southern Railway, and
Norfolk Southern.
Atlas has scheduled
another release of its
popular Trainman series
steel caboose for the first
quarter of 2015. The HO
scale model is based on an
all-steel car Magor built
for the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1937. The ready-to-run model fea-
tures clear window inserts and separately applied side railings.
In addition to Chesapeake & Ohio, road names will include Santa
Fe, Union Pacific, Algoma Central, Conrail (MoW gray), Family
Lines-SCL, Lehigh & New England, Monon, Norfolk Southern, and
Union Railroad. The MSRP will be $27.95 with an undecorated
version having a list price of $22.95.
Bachmann Trains
) is selling an HO scale
GP35 diesel locomotive with factory installed DCC. The ready-to-
run model is available decorated for Erie Lackawanna and Frisco.
MRH-Sep 2014
