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Trainman series model consists of a plastic body with details
cast in place. Visit the above website for additional details
including pricing, on all Atlas models.
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This Great Northern
2-8-0 Consolidation
steam locomotive is
among a group of HO
scale Paragon2 models
Broadway Limited
plans to release next month. Other road names will be
Santa Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, Denver & Rio Grande Western,
Nickel Plate Road, New York Central, Southern Railway, Union
Pacific, Grand Canyon Railroad, and unlettered. The model
comes with Paragon2 sound and control system with a factory
installed DCC decoder for dual-mode DC and DCC operation.
The locomotive superstructure, chassis, and tender chassis are
of die cast construction. The tender body is molded ABS plastic.
The model is equipped with traction tires. The HO scale model
is engineered to operate successfully on a minimum radius of 18
inches. Visit the above website for additional information
including pricing.
Broadway Limited plans
to release an HO scale
operating water tank
with appropriate sounds
this spring. The motor-
ized delivery spout lowers
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and raises and appropriate sounds play through a speaker in
the tank. Sounds include squeaking as the spout moves up
and down, the clanking of the water hatch on the tender deck,
enginemen talking, and the sound of water gushing into the
tender. Unlettered water tanks will be available in brown and
boxcar red. Tanks with bold logos will be available for Santa Fe,
New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific, City of
Abilene (long horn steer), and BLI. The system operates on 12
volt DC (not supplied).
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Bowser
is develop-
ing HO versions of the
M630 and M636 (left)
diesels the Montreal
Locomotive Works
built for Canadian
Pacific, Canadian
National, and BC Rail.
The prototypes are
the Canadian versions of the Alco Century 630 and Century 636.
The design phase for the models is finished and, according to
Bowser chief Lee English, work will begin sometime this month
on preparing tooling for the M636. When it is completed, tool-
ing for the M630 will begin.
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Con-Cor
is scheduled to release
BCS cars (branchline-
commuter-suburban)
with new decorating schemes this month. Body styles of the HO
Doug Kroll photo
