with original-style trailer hitches, rub rails, and bridge plates.
Walthers Mainline series model has an MSRP of $24.98.
Walthers has
released details
on a group of
four economy
priced 85’ Budd passenger cars. The cars will be available deco-
rated for Amtrak Phase III, Santa Fe, CB&Q, Canadian Pacific,
New York Central, VIA, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, and undecorated. Body types include a large-
window coach that will be released in November, shown above
in Amtrak’s Phase III scheme.
A combination
baggage-lounge
car, shown here
in UP livery, is
scheduled to be released in December.
The remaining
cars will be
released in
January. They
include a 10-6
sleeper, shown
for CB&Q, and a
diner, shown
decorated for PRR.
Walthers is
quoting a
November
release date
for a 50’ Evans
smooth side
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boxcar. The HO scale Mainline series model is based on a pro-
totype introduced in the early 1970s. Walthers’ original tooling
has been upgraded with thinner corner steps and enhance-
ment of the door gussets. In addition to the Penn Central
car shown here, road names will include Conrail, Canadian
National, and Western Pacific. The ready-to-run model will
have an MSRP of $24.98.
N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Athearn
will release sev-
eral new ver-
sions of a UTC 33,900 gallon LPG tank car in May. The N scale
Ready-to-Roll model will have an MSRP of $26.98. Late versions
of the car with an extended platform and offset ladders will be
available for Procor Limited-Anhydrous Ammonia (above), and
Procor Limited-Anhydrous Ammonia (white tank).
Decorating
schemes on
early cars
with end lad-
ders will include UTLX-Anhydrous Ammonia, Procor Limited-
Methylamine Anhydrous, UTLX-Propylene, and Procor
Limited-Baladiene Stabilized (above).
Atlas Model Railroad Company
) is working on
several N scale items for release during the second quarter of
2015. The schedule includes new paint schemes for Atlas’s
Masterline series 4-4-0 steam locomotive. In addition to the
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