Chicago,
Milwaukee &
Saint Paul (left);
the ready-to-run
model will be
available for Detroit & Lima Northern; U.S. Military Railroad;
and Baltimore & Ohio (below).
The classic
American-type
steam engine
will also be avail-
able painted
black with gold trim but without lettering.
Atlas has
included a re-
tooled Trainman
series 40’ dou-
ble-door boxcar
in the second
quarter release. Tooling upgrades include reworked sides,
Youngstown doors, and Improved Dreadnaught ends. In addi-
tion to the Santa Fe car shown here, decorating schemes on
the N scale ready-to-run model will be Gulf, Mobile & Ohio;
Norfolk Southern; Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern Pacific; and
Union Pacific. The model will have an MSRP of $19.95. An
undecorated version will list at $14.95.
Atlas will reissue its N scale
Trainman series of “beer-can”
tank cars with new road names
in the second quarter of 2015.
Decorating schemes on the
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distinctive cars will be GATX-NALCO, GATX- Cargill, UTLX–
Occidental Chemical, ECUX–Exxon Chemicals, GATX-Velsicol
Chemical, and GATX- Dow Chemical.
The ready-to-run tank cars will
have an MSRP of $18.95. An
undecorated version will have an
MSRP of $13.95.
Bachmann’s
N
scale EMD GP7
diesel locomo-
tive is available in
three new road names. They are Denver & Rio Grande Western,
Jersey Central, and Rock Island. In addition, Bachmann has re-
issued a Pennsylvania Railroad version with a new road number
(8803). Features of the ready-to-run Geep locomotive include
blackened metal wheels, all-wheel drive, LED lighting, and a dual-
model NMRA-compliant DCC decoder for speed, direction, and
lighting. The model has an MSRP of $139.00.
InterMountain
Railway
is
booking reserva-
tions for EMD FT A- and B- diesel locomotive sets. The N scale
ready-to-run models have several etched metal details includ-
ing metal screens for the roof, the fan, and the dynamic brake
openings. In addition to the Erie Lackawanna scheme shown
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