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
MRH-Sep 2014
