HO SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Accurail
) has released
several new HO
scale items includ-
ing a kit for this
NYC stock car. The
model represents a basic 40’ wood stock car from the steam
era. The kit is also available decorated for Pere Marquette.
Also new is an HO
scale kit that assem-
bles into this P-S
4750 cu.ft. triple-bay
covered hopper dec-
orated for ATSF. A kit
is also available for a
CSXT version of the
same car.
Accurail has
released kits
for three ver-
sions of a 40’
Pennsylvania
Railroad steel
boxcar.
In recognition of Trainfest, which will be held in Milwaukee next
month, Accurail will release several special kits decorated for
railroads that operated in the greater Milwaukee area. They
include a Green Bay & Western 40’ PS-1 boxcar; a trio of 40’
Wisconsin-themed billboard reefers; a WSOR-Wisconsin
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& Southern P-S 4750
grain hopper in
three numbers; and
the Soo Line ACF
triple-bay covered
hopper shown here.
Check the Accurail website for pricing information.
Athearn
)
has scheduled
the release of
EMD F-unit
diesel locomo-
tives for April 2015. Road names for the HO scale Genesis series
models will be Denver & Rio Grande Western, Canadian
National, Seaboard Coast Line, and Lehigh Valley.
Standard DC
non-sound A
units will have
an MSRP of
$169.98. They
will be DCC-
ready using Athearn’s Quick Plug technology. Sound-equipped A
units have Soundtraxx Tsunami DCC decoders and will list at
$269.98 each. Paired A-B units will have MSRPs of $309.98 and
$489.98 respectively.
Athearn’s May
release will
include Ready-
to-Roll models
of EMD GP40X
diesel loco-
motives decorated for Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern (Horsehead
scheme), and Southern Pacific.
MRH-Oct 2014
