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storage cars (GN 308-313 and 200-207) with four doors (item
#173-80), and GN Mid-Century Empire Builder Pullman-
Standard 48-seat coaches with original full skirting (GN1215-
1218, 1221-1232, CB&Q 1219-1220, SP&S 350) (item
#173-81). For complete details contact Dennis Henry at
Con-Cor
International
) will
soon release sev-
eral new HO scale
containers. The run will include five variations of the Dole
Bobby Banana scheme applied to 40’ refrigerated containers.
An ISO HI-Cube
45’ container will
be available deco-
rated for P&O
Ferrymasters,
Hyundai, Evergreen, and Maersk Sealand as shown here.
Also due soon is
a 53’ riveted-side
container deco-
rated for Sears,
Ferromex, Fedex
MultiModal, Hub Group (red), and Hub group (green). All of
the HO scale containers mentioned here will also be available
undecorated. Pricing and other details are available at the
above website.
ExactRail
) has introduced an HO scale model
of a 42’ Union Pacific flat car. The new model replicates class
F-50-15 cars the UP built in 1951 using one-piece under-
frames supplied by General Steel Casting Corporation. The
HO scale Platinum series model comes with a Royal F brake
regulator appliance and brake wheel mechanism, Kadee #158
couplers, and a laser-etched wood deck to be installed by the
modeler. A video showing the installation can be viewed at
The model comes in
three Union Pacific paint schemes including 1951 as-deliv-
ered with yellow lettering (above, in 12 road numbers), 1974
repaint with white lettering (nine road numbers), and MOW
green (three road numbers in individual paint schemes).
The model comes with 50-ton Barber plain bearing trucks or
70-ton Barber roller bearing trucks as appropriate to the era
and paint scheme. This 42’ car is in addition to the two 53’ 6”
flats ExactRail announced last month. For information on the
longer cars visit
Fos Scale Models
has introduced
a new HO scale craftsman
structure model named
Bernard Tractor Supply.
The kit includes laser-cut
clapboard siding, board-
by-board construction,
laser-cut doors, and color
MRH-Sep 2014
