InterMountain
Railway
(intermoun-
tain-railway.com) is
preparing a ready-
to-run HO scale model of a General Electric ES44AC diesel loco-
motive for release in May or June of next year. Road names will
include a re-release of Union Pacific with new numbers, Florida
East Coast, SYTX-Savatran, and Citirail, as seen here. A choice
of an ESU sound decoder or ESU non-sound decoder will be
offered. A DC plug option will be available on request. For addi-
tional information contact your IMR dealer or
visit the website.
Another production
run of USRA compos-
ite drop-bottom gon-
dolas will be available
early next summer. The sides and floor of the HO scale ready-
to-run model are laser-cut wood. Six numbers will be avail-
able for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis; Chesapeake & Ohio; Louisville & Nashville; FW&D
– Burlington Route; New York Central; Wheeling & Lake Erie;
Boston & Maine; Frisco - St. Louis & San Francisco; and KCS as
seen here. The MSRP will be $32.95. An undecorated kit with
plastic wheels and no couplers will list at $19.95.
Also due this summer is a 42’ fish belly flat car. Road names will be
Canada Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, New York
Central, Union Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago North Western,
Baltimore & Ohio, Southern Pacific, and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Kadee
is planning a February release date for an
HO scale version of the N&W boxcar shown above.
News column - 10
MRH-Dec 2014
