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announced “Value Line” of freight cars. The initial N scale
model will be a 14-panel Coalporter car produced from
upgraded tooling previously used by LBF and E&C models. A
release date of May/June 2015 has been scheduled for the
Coalporters. Although still not firm, the MSRP is expected to be
about $19.95 each. In addition to the Northern Indiana Public
Service car shown here, announced road names include
Burlington Northern, Canadian National, Oklahoma Gas &
Electric, Union Pacific, American Electric Power, Kansas City
Power & Light, Central Illinois Power, and Somerset Railroad.
Another production
run of USRA com-
posite drop-bottom
gondolas is sched-
uled for release in May and June. The sides and floor of the
N scale ready-to-run model are laser-cut wood. Six numbers
will be available 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 in an HO version. The MSRP
will be $24.95. An undecorated kit with plastic wheels and no
couplers will list at $11.50.
KatoUSA
) has released
another produc-
tion run of both
Canadian National
and Canadian
Pacific versions of
MRH-Dec 2014
