prototypes. They will be equipped with Paragon2 Sound for
DC/DCC operation. The MSRP is $349.99.
BLMA
is working on
a new GSC 60’
flat car for release early next year. The ready-to-run model fol-
lows a prototype manufactured in the mid-1950s by General
Steel Casting of Granite City, Illinois. With a frame composed
of a single steel casting, the prototype was assured of strength
and durability with many of the original cars still in use today.
BLMA’s N scale version adheres closely to the prototype with
such features as body-mounted knuckle couplers and 70-ton
ASF Ride-Control trucks with 33” metal wheels. Four road num-
bers each will be available for Burlington
Northern, Cotton Belt (SSW), Illinois
Central, Pennsylvania (class F-47),
Wabash, and ATSF in the original 1956
Santa Fe scheme.
BLMA is now selling the Carrier X2
refrigeration units used on refrigerator
cars separately. See your dealer or visit
the website for details.
KatoUSA
)
has added sev-
eral new roads
to its list of
EMD F3A and F3B locomotives due for release in February
News column - 16
2015. In addition to the previously announced Santa Fe war-
bonnet scheme, Kato will produce freight versions of F3 units
for Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Union Pacific, and Southern
Pacific (black widow scheme).
The MSRP for the
N scale ready-to-
run models have
been tentatively
set at $90.00 for
A units and
$85.00 for B
units.
Micro-Trains
Line
has
released several
new N scale
ready-to-run
models including a Denver & Rio Grande 50’ flat car with fish-
belly sides. It comes with a specialized container.
Also new is a
GATX-General
American
Transportation
Corp 56’ general
purpose tank car.
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