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an undecorated model. The ready-to-run models will have fac-
tory installed Micro-Trains couplers. Delivery is planned for fall
2015. Additional information including an interesting history
of the prototype is available at the website. Whether or not all
of the above schemes will be included in the final production
schedule is dependent on advance reservations.
Trains by Randy Brown
has sev-
eral new cast resin structure
kits including this Sierra Madre
Fruit Packers shown above.
The company also produces
similar kits for Z through O
scale. Visit the website for complete details including ordering
information.
Z SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Micro-Trains Line
has
several new Z scale
models including this
Great Northern twin-
bay covered hopper car.
The ready-to-run model has an MSRP of $24.15.
Also new from Micro-
Trains is an ACF 39’
single-dome tank car
decorated for COSX Mid
Continent Petroleum
Corporation of Tulsa,
Oklahoma. The Z scale model has an MSRP of $23.95.
NEW DECALS, SIGNS AND FINISHING
PRODUCTS
New water decals
from
Microscale
Industries
include
Orient Overseas
Container Line
(above left). The
set provides mate-
rial to decorate a
variety of contain-
ers and chassis for OOCL, the first Asian shipping line to trans-
port container cargo across the Pacific.
Also new is Farmers Grain (FarMarCo) TLDX, EUGX, PTLX, WCDX
(upper right) suitable for a range of cars including PS 4427, PS
4750, and ACF 4650 covered hoppers. Other recent releases
include Spokane Portland & Seattle passenger cars, and
Richmond Pacific Railroad cabooses and GP-15-1 and SW1200
diesel locomotives.
Mount Vernon
Shops
has intro-
duced a new HO scale decal set for a US Army Transportation
Corps heavy-duty flatcar. Set #HO-USAF provides sufficient mate-
rial to decorate two cars. Visit the website for pricing and order-
ing information.
MRH-Dec 2014
