News column - 8
Bachmann’s latest
HO scale vehicles
include a 1950-
60s era truck with
two piggyback
trailers decorated
with railroad road
names. They include Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Canadian Pacific,
and Boston & Maine.
Also new from Bachmann is code 100 HO scale nickel-silver flex
track. The track comes in 36” sections and features black ABS
molded low-profile wood-grain ties with tie plates and spike
heads. The track is available in boxes of 25 sections (total 75
feet) at an MSRP of $199.00.
Bowser
) is
scheduled to
release three new
body types in its
ready-to-run
Executive series in January. They include a Pennsylvania Railroad
class K11 stock car with either a brown roof, or as shown here
with a silver roof.
Also in the pro-
duction run are
PRR class X31F
steel boxcars
with turtle-back
roofs. Lettering
schemes will
include circle keystone logos as shown here as well as plain
and shadow keystones.
PRR class X31a
double-door box-
cars will be
offered with circle
keystone, shadow
keystone, and cir-
cle keystone with
Buy War Bonds slogan.
The X31a will also
be available deco-
rated for Duluth,
South Shore &
Atlantic; Spokane,
Portland &
Seattle; Norfolk &
Western; and Seaboard. All of the Bowser models mentioned
will have an MSRP of $24.95.
Bitter Creek Models
is selling an
all-metal manual ground throw.
It is designed for HO scale but is
suitable for any application that
will operate with a 3/8-inch point
throw. The over-center spring
action locks the switch point
firmly in each direction. Throw rods and mounting screws are
included. The MSRP is $9.95 each.
Brass Car Sides
has introduced two new
etched brass passenger car sides for HO scale Great Northern
cars. They include a GN 82’ rebuilt baggage-express-mail
MRH-Sep 2014
