Road
names for
Athearn’s
rotary snow-
plow, due
this sum-
mer, will
be Union
Pacific, Alaska Railroad, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road,
Chicago Burlington & Quincy, New York Central, Canadian
National, and Santa Fe as shown here. A 12-volt DC motor on
board operates the rotary blades.
Additional upgrades from the original model, introduced in
1962, include a dedicated B-unit tender, window glazing, and
machined metal wheels. The MSRP will be $84.98.
The final
item on
Athearn’s
July release
schedule
are six sets of 28’ trailers with dollys and adjustable landing
gear. In addition to the PIE set shown here, carrier names will
be Yellow Freight, Preston, Consolidated Freight, Overnite, and
Roadway. Each set has an MSRP of $36.98.
Atlas Model Railroad
Company
)
plans to release the next
run of its Master series
HO scale extended-vision
caboose during the sec-
ond quarter of 2015. The ready-to-run model is based on a
