News column - 9
Broadway Limited
is sell-
ing HO scale models of
Pennsylvania Railroad
class H32 five-bay cov-
ered hoppers at an MSRP
of $159.99 each. A total of 11 PRR and Penn Central decorating
schemes are available as well as a painted but unlettered version.
BLI expects to release
HO versions of Baldwin
Sharknose diesels next
month. Models equipped
with BLI’s Paragon2
Sound/DC/DCC system
will be available for Pennsylvania Railroad (Brunswick green
with five gold stripes), Baltimore & Ohio (blue, gray and gold),
New York Central (cigar band scheme), and Delaware & Hudson
(blue warbonnet). Additional information is available at the
website.
The newest item from
ExactRail
)
is an HO scale model of
a Magor 4948 cu.ft. “Big
John” covered hopper.
Southern Railway proposed the development of large, qua-
druple bay, lightweight 100-ton covered hopper cars in the late
1950s, at a time when most railroads shipped grain in 50-ton
boxcars. ExactRail’s model of the Big John covered hopper was
engineered in close association with the Southern Railway
Historical Society.
The light gray cars will be released in 10 lettering schemes: Three
cars in 1962 as-delivered orange lettering for Southern, Southern
MRH-Dec 2014
