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are priced at $64.00 plus shipping. Trucks and couplers are not
included. Seriously interested modelers can contact Hodina at
for an order form.
Hodina, who made many of the masters for Sunshine Models, is
reluctant to call RCW a business in the traditional sense, since
all he’s trying to accomplish is to share his interest in accurately
modeling freight cars with like-minded hobbyists. If the initial
offering of acid tank cars sells well enough to cover costs, Hodina
will then establish a website and begin work on a second car –
probably an insulated version of an ACF Type 27 Class ICC 103
10,000 gallon tank car.
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Roundhouse
Division of
Athearn
)
has scheduled the release of 50’ wood express refrigerator cars in
August. The wood side cars will be available for Railway Express
Agency in both early (1920-1950, above) and late (mid-1950 to
mid-1960, below) schemes.
Additional road
names will be
Chesapeake
& Ohio, Great Northern, New York Central, and Pacific Fruit
Express. Visit the above website for pricing and additional details.
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Tahoe Model Works
has added a 40-Ton ARA truck to its
line of HO scale freight car trucks. The new truck uses the
same side frame as the previous TMW-114/214, but with
conventional bolster detail. Scullin Steel Company made
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the prototype of Tahoe’s
new truck throughout the
1920s. It’s a conventional
ARA (American Railway
Association) cast steel
truck with spring plank. The
model has a one-piece black
acetal plastic moldings with separate brake shoe detail. It is fit-
ted with InterMountain non-magnetic, insulated metal RP-25
contour wheelsets. Semi-scale (.088” wide) wheels are also avail-
able. See your favorite dealer for availability and pricing.
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Union Terminal Imports
)
is working on a project to import handcrafted brass mod-
els of the Golden State, the extra-fare Chicago-Los Angeles
streamliner that was jointly operated by the Rock Island and
Southern Pacific Railroads. UTI will offer two complete eight-
car sets of the Golden State; one with an RI theme and the
other with an SP theme. The HO scale models will be based
on details and finish of the 1955-56 and 1960s prototype. The
models will be produced by Boo Rim Precision of South Korea.
Interested parties should visit the above website for the name
of participating dealers since production quantities will only
be sufficient to meet pre-orders.
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Walthers
)
is selling an HO scale
wide-vision caboose. The
Trainline series model fea-
tures a molded plastic body
with cast-in details. Road
