InterMountain
Railway
(intermoun-
tain-railway.com) is
preparing a ready-
to-run HO scale model of a General Electric ES44AC diesel loco-
motive for release in May or June of next year. Road names will
include a re-release of Union Pacific with new numbers, Florida
East Coast, SYTX-Savatran, and Citirail, as seen here. A choice
of an ESU sound decoder or ESU non-sound decoder will be
offered. A DC plug option will be available on request. For addi-
tional information contact your IMR dealer or
visit the website.
Another production
run of USRA compos-
ite drop-bottom gon-
dolas will be available
early next summer. The sides and floor of the HO scale ready-
to-run model are laser-cut wood. Six numbers will be avail-
able for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis; Chesapeake & Ohio; Louisville & Nashville; FW&D
– Burlington Route; New York Central; Wheeling & Lake Erie;
Boston & Maine; Frisco - St. Louis & San Francisco; and KCS as
seen here. The MSRP will be $32.95. An undecorated kit with
plastic wheels and no couplers will list at $19.95.
Also due this summer is a 42’ fish belly flat car. Road names will be
Canada Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, New York
Central, Union Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago North Western,
Baltimore & Ohio, Southern Pacific, and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Kadee
is planning a February release date for an
HO scale version of the N&W boxcar shown above.
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Pullman-Standard built
the prototype in 1953
with 10-panel welded
sides, narrow bolster
tabs, PS “washboard”
ends, and 8’ Youngstown
doors. The ready-to-run
model will reflect a 1969 repaint in boxcar red.
An HO model of this D&H
covered hopper is also
scheduled for release
from Kadee in February.
Monster Model Works
is offer-
ing Union Brewery, an HO scale
kit based on the Union Brewery
in historic Virginia City, Nevada.
The American bond pattern of
exterior brick walls, brick cor-
ners, brick wall caps, and brick
overlays inside the roof area, are
all 3D engraved basswood. The
windows, doors, shutters, and
tarpaper roof are laser-cut peel
and stick material. The kit includes all of the signs shown. By
using different signage the business and era can be customized
to suit a variety of scenes. The completed structure is 4.06”
wide, 5.6” long and 5.06” high. Visit the website for pricing,
and ordering instructions.
MRH-Dec 2014
