Sixty-foot PRR
auto boxcars
with double
plug-doors
are available
at $26.90
each. The N
scale models are based on a 1964 prototype built by American
Car & Foundry.
MinuteMan Scale Models
)
is selling a variety of N scale laser-cut peel-and-stick roofing
material. Types of roofing currently available include wood
shakes, light gray slate, light gray diamond pattern, light gray
fish scale pattern, and black rolled roofing material. Each pack
contains two 6” x 6” sheets of roofing. The company sells simi-
lar material in other scales. Complete information is available
at the above website.
Rapido
) will add N scale
versions of a 37’ GARX
wood meat reefer cur-
rently available only
in its HO line of prod-
ucts. In addition to the
Oscar Mayer car shown here, decorating schemes proposed
for the 1:160 models will include American Stores, Armour,
Dubuque, Dugdale, Morris Rufkin & Son, Hormel-Union
Refrigerator Transit, Hygrade, Kingan, Tobin, and Wilson. Both
red and orange versions of a Swift car will be offered along with
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The same
dining car is
available dec-
orated for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at a list price of $27.95.
M-T has released 33’
panel-side twin-bay
hopper cars decorated
for Canadian National.
The ready-to-run
model follows a proto-
type, built in 1936 with flat sides, that later was fitted with off-
set panel sides to increase its capacity. The N scale model has
an MSRP of $27.15.
A 40’ PS-1 boxcar deco-
rated for Grand Trunk
Western is available
fromMicro-Trains at a
list price of $19.95. The
N scale model has
seven-panel Pullman-Standard doors and PS “washboard” ends.
Micro-Trains is selling
this N scale C&O stock
car at an MSRP of
$19.20. The ready-to-
run model has Murphy
corrugated steel ends and comes with Bettendorf-type trucks.
MRH-Dec 2014
