News column - 9
Broadway Limited
is sell-
ing HO scale models of
Pennsylvania Railroad
class H32 five-bay cov-
ered hoppers at an MSRP
of $159.99 each. A total of 11 PRR and Penn Central decorating
schemes are available as well as a painted but unlettered version.
BLI expects to release
HO versions of Baldwin
Sharknose diesels next
month. Models equipped
with BLI’s Paragon2
Sound/DC/DCC system
will be available for Pennsylvania Railroad (Brunswick green
with five gold stripes), Baltimore & Ohio (blue, gray and gold),
New York Central (cigar band scheme), and Delaware & Hudson
(blue warbonnet). Additional information is available at the
website.
The newest item from
ExactRail
)
is an HO scale model of
a Magor 4948 cu.ft. “Big
John” covered hopper.
Southern Railway proposed the development of large, qua-
druple bay, lightweight 100-ton covered hopper cars in the late
1950s, at a time when most railroads shipped grain in 50-ton
boxcars. ExactRail’s model of the Big John covered hopper was
engineered in close association with the Southern Railway
Historical Society.
The light gray cars will be released in 10 lettering schemes: Three
cars in 1962 as-delivered orange lettering for Southern, Southern
sub-lettered for CNO&TP, and Southern sub-lettered for NO&NE.
In the mid-1960s, the three schemes listed above received the
Big John stencil. In 1973 Southern repainted many of the cars
and lettered them in dark sylvan green with the same subsidiar-
ies and Big John slogan. The tenth car in the initial release is dec-
orated as delivered in 1963 to Seaboard Air Line.
ExactRail’s Platinum
series model comes with
Kadee #58 couplers, nar-
row-style draft box, wire
uncoupling levers, and
individual grab irons, brake rods and lever hangers. The cars
ride on 100-ton ASF Ride Control trucks fitted with machined
metal wheelsets. Visit the website to order.
Imperial Hobby
is selling HO scale
Philadelphia Red Arrow
interurban cars as a body
kit as well as a pow-
ered ready-to-finish kit.
The double-ended prototype cars were built by St. Louis Car
Company in 1949. Red Arrow Lines operated the cars on all the
trolley routes out of Upper Darby including the West Chester
line and the Ardmore line. The cars were retired in 1982.
The main component of the model is a one-piece cast resin
body that is available separately for $49.95. The car is also
available powered and fully assembled but undecorated, at
$215.95. The photo shows a slightly modified resin body from a
previous production run.
MRH-Dec 2014
