Best wishes to Irv Holloway who retired in February after 39 years with Bachmann’s service department. Irv’s special area of expertise has been Bachman’s large scale products …
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Speaking of retirement, Al Westerfield will stop accepting new orders after March 31, 2011. While it is sad to see the end of some of the finest prototypically accurate freight car models ever produced, no one is more deserving of relaxing and having some fun working on his own models and layout than Al. Visit www.westerfieldmodels.com for information on kits still available … Thanks to Steve Vallee for alerting us to an informative web site that takes the mystery out of chalk marks on freight cars in various Canadian Pacific yards. Check it out at www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/general/chalk_it_up.htm ... Narrow gauge fan Ron Hildebrand says the 1895 Silverton, Colorado, home of famed rail empire-builder Otto Mears, is for sale. The asking price for the historic house has recently been marked down from $546,000 to a more modest $439,000. Several pictures of the property are available at www.trulia.com/ property/3017025666-Silverton-CO-81433 ... Athearn will build it, Walthers will sell it! The two giant firms are getting together to deliver an Amtrak P42 locomotive decorated in the Phase V scheme. Reservations are suggested for the limited-run HO scale model which is scheduled to arrive this fall …
Lee English, the boss man at Bowser, is currently working on mold drawings for a new HO scale C-636 road switcher. No estimate yet on an intro date, but when it’s ready, Bowser’s Alco diesel lineup will include a C-628, C-630, and C-636. What an abundance of goodies we modelers enjoy … The team that directs the San Diego Railroad Museum in the city’s famed Balboa Park believes in attracting model railroaders while they’re young. The museum is offering a Summer Railroad Camp for kids that includes railroad safety education, hands-on guidance in building model kits and learning how real locomotives work. The series of five-day sessions run through June and July. For more details visit our Selected Events page … Keith Wilite of North Kansas City, is a man who knows his priorities. Keith, who owns Scale Segmental Bridge Company, has suspended manufacturing operations in order to have time to build a layout with his son. If all goes according to plan, Keith will be back in the bridge business in a year or two. Can anyone think of a better reason to close up shop for awhile … Page 105 • Issue 11-03 • Mar 2011 • Old Yardmaster - Industry scuttlebutt, page 1
Brian Bussey of Eastern Seaboard Models is hard at work on developing an N scale X58 boxcar for release late this year … Walthers says it will use Soundtraxx Tsunami sound systems on its Proto2000 locomotives beginning with the HO scale PRR Broadway Limited E8A and E7B units … In other good news from Walthers, the MSRP on the next round of its HO scale Trinity 30,145 gallon ethanol tank cars will be reduced from $39.98 to $34.98. We’re not sure if the price reduction is driven by competition or a stabilizing of manufacturing costs overseas, but either way, we’re happy about it … In order to keep MRH readers up to date on the newest model railroad products, we are making a change in how we deliver the news. While the Old Yardmaster will continue to keep readers informed about industry happenings, trends in the hobby, and future product development, more immediate news about brand new items will shift to our web MRH Newsfeed (click here) which will be updated on a continuing basis. Reader comments are always welcome at MRH and we look forward to hearing your views on the change. Now let’s get on with the news about new products …
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