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with delivery expected
this summer. The N scale
ready-to-run models fea-
ture body-mounted cou-
plers and roller bearing
trucks with Fox Valley metal wheelsets. In addition to the
Waddell Coal Mining Co. scheme shown here, road names
will be Western Maryland, Berwind, Buffalo Creek & Gauley,
Westmoreland Coal, and two versions each for Canadian
National and Pennsylvania Railroad.
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InterMountain
plans to release Phase II
F3A and matching F3B die-
sels next month. Road
names will be UP; Santa Fe
(warbonnet); Central of Georgia; Northern Pacific (Raymond
Loewy scheme); Chicago Great Western; Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis; Southern; and Lackawanna.
Additional schemes are planned for release this summer. The
N scale ready-to-run locomotives will be available with and
without sound.
FMC wood chip gondo-
las with welded sides are
coming this summer in
InterMountain’s Value Line. The N scale ready-to-run models
are produced from tooling previously used by LBF and E&C.
Road names will include Willamette & Pacific – Oregon State
University Beavers (above), W&P University of Oregon Ducks,
W&P D.A.R.E. Car, Southern Pacific, Golden West Service, and
UP/SP (post-merger).
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KatoUSA
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has added more roads to
the release of its GEVO
(General Electric Evolution
Series) ES44AC locomotives.
In addition to the previ-
ously announced Canadian
National and Canadian Pacific versions, the N scale diesel
will be available decorated for Union Pacific, CSX (dark future
scheme), and BNSF (swoosh scheme).
The models will have road-specific details such as the unique four-
window cab used by the BNSF and the variation in number board
location seen in the above photo. Also note the Hi-Ad trucks on the
BNSF unit and the steerable trucks on the CP version. Additional
features include directional headlights, ditch lights, and illuminated
number boards. The models come ready for standard DC analog
operation. DCC-equipped versions are available by special order.
Visit the above website for more information.
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Micro-Trains
is selling an N
scale EMD SW1500 diesel
switch engine decorated for
Conrail. The ready-to-run
model is available in two road numbers.
Micro-Trains has an N scale
heavyweight diner deco-
rated for Canadian Pacific
and Southern Pacific Lines.
The prototype, which was
built in the late 1920s, had
seating for 36 diners.
