diesel locomotives decorated for Chicago & North Western,
BNSF, CSX, CEFX (CIT Equipment Finance Corp), and General
Electric (demonstrator scheme). The HO scale Ready-to-Roll
model will have an MSRP of $119.98.
A group of
seven
heavy-
weight pas-
senger cars
is scheduled for release next July. They will be decorated for
Great Northern, Chesapeake & Ohio, and New York Central.
Car types
include bag-
gage, RPO,
diner (GN
top), sleeper
(C&O above), clerestory coach, round-roof coach, and an open-
end observation (NYC below).
Upgrades
from the
original
model intro-
duced in the
1960s include six-wheel trucks with machined metal wheels, and
truck-mounted McHenry knuckle couplers. In order to operate
around 18” radius curves, the HO scale Ready-to-Roll models are
shorter than the prototypes they represent. Each car will have an
MSRP of $29.98. An interior lighting kit is available separately.
A 40’ steel boxcar with
Youngstown doors and
Dreadnaught ends is also
set for release in July. In
addition to the Baltimore
