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names are Denver & Rio Grande Western, Montana Rail Link,
Wisconsin & Southern, and Southern Pacific. The ready-to-run
caboose has an MSRP of $19.98.
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Westerfield
has released
HO scale resin kits for sev-
eral variations of Northern
Alberta Railway’s stock cars.
NAR purchased 30 Fowler
boxcars from CP and rebuilt
them into stock cars at NAR’s Dunvegan Yards in Edmonton in
the early 1950s. Twenty years later the cars were converted to
Material Car service with various parts of the side slats covered
from the inside. During their service life, many of the cars were
further modified with various side post, end and corner gussets,
ladder grabs, half drop grabs, side ladders, and two versions of the
5’ Youngstown steel doors that were modified into stock doors.
Some received different roofs including two cars that acquired
radial roofs (a kit for this version is in development).
Visit the above website for a detailed description of the nine
kits that cover all the variations of the NAR car. Westerfield
craftsman-type kits consist of unpainted urethane castings
with prototypical details, assembly instruction/history sheets,
and proprietary decals. They are available direct at $40.00 plus
shipping. Trucks and couplers are not included.
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N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Athearn
is accepting reservations for several N
scale models scheduled for release next August. Visit the above
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website for full details including pricing. Here is a brief look some
of the models.
Leading the August group is a
57’ FGE smooth-side mechani-
cal refrigerator car that will be
available with onboard
SoundTraxx Sound that ran-
domly cycles on and off. The
sound replicates a Detroit Diesel
2-71 Genset visible inside the car. The model is based on a proto-
type built at FGE’s plant in Jacksonville, Florida. Road names for
the N scale model will be Fruit Growers Express/Solid Cold
(above), Burlington Northern (green), BNSF/Western Fruit
Express, and ARMN/Union Pacific all on a riveted body. A Fruit
Growers Express (yellow scheme) will be available on a welded
body. Non-sound versions will be $29.98, with sound versions
priced at $59.98.
Additional new
rolling stock in
the August
release includes a 40’ triple-bay steel hopper car with offset sides.
In addition to the CP car shown, road names will be ATSF,
Baltimore & Ohio, Erie, Norfolk &Western, and Nickel Plate
Road. Nine different numbers will be offered for each road name.
The model comes with a removable coal load.
In addition to the
Chicago North
Western scheme
shown here,
