chassis has
been rede-
signed to
accommodate
DCC and a
LokSound
Select Dual-Mode decoder. Road names will be Alaska
Railroad, Canadian National, Central of Vermont, Grand Trunk
Western, Lehigh Valley, Denver & Rio Grande, Union Pacific,
Seaboard Coast Line, and Milwaukee Road. Visit the above
website for additional details including pricing.
Beginning in
the late 1960s,
American Car &
Foundry began
building 60’
boxcars spe-
cifically to provide more efficient service between automobile
assembly plants and auto parts suppliers. Both single- and dou-
ble-door versions of the auto parts cars were built with many
continuing in service today. Atlas plans to deliver HO scale
ready-to-run versions of the car in the second quarter of 2015.
Cars with single doors will be decorated for Conrail, Cotton
Belt, Norfolk & Western, and Western Maryland. Double-door
versions of the auto parts car will be available for Detroit,
Toledo & Ironton; Canadian National, Canadian Pacific (CPAA),
and Chesapeake & Ohio. The MSRP will be $27.95. An undeco-
rated model will list at $23.95.
News column - 7
MRH-Nov 2014
