Briefly noted at press time... Walthers Donating to California Museum
San Juan Decals,
During the combined NMRA National Convention/National Train Show held in Sacramento, California, Walthers announced it would produce a special HO scale Proto series model of Southern Pacific’s EMD E9A locomotive #6051. The announcement was made at the California State Railroad Museum (CSRM) during a special banquet held near the beautifully restored prototype #6051. In support of the CSRM, Walthers pledged to donate $10 from each model sold to the museum.
a supplier of high quality narrow gauge decals, has been acquired by Dan Peterson (see earlier announcement on page 109). Dan, who is a narrow gauge modeler, will relocate the business to Apple Valley, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. He plans to keep offering the entire existing product line and will continue to operate as San Juan Decals. Until Dan gets a chance to update his web stie, he can be reached at dpeters@frontiernet.net
In addition to the SP Daylight paint scheme, the specially produced model will include many features unique to the big E9A prototype including a five-chime air horn, boiler room vents, 48” dynamic brake fan, small back-up light, see-through Farr grilles, freight-style pilot, nose-mounted Gyra-Light and headlight, front access hatches on both right and left sides, ladder stand-offs on the nose, left and right MU hatches on the nose, whip radio antenna with conduit, and vertically mounted cab wind deflectors. The special model will be available for standard DC operation without sound at $199.98, and with DCC-Tsunami® Sound at $299.98. Delivery is expected in March 2012. The model can be preordered at the museum store or at csrmf.org/store.
James Weaver 1950-2011 Atlas Model Railroad Company executive vice president James J. Weaver passed away July 16, 2011. Mr. Weaver assumed responsibility for the production of all Atlas-O products when he joined Atlas in 1996. He became the driving force behind the success of Atlas-O. Approaching the senior scale differently than most manufacturers, Weaver told an interviewer a few years ago, “Our goal was to approach O gauge from a new perspective. We wanted to design our trains as a scale item, with 2-Rail first, then adapt them to 3-Rail, which was the opposite of what other companies were doing at the time.” Mr. Weaver was a long-time resident of Dunellen, New Jersey. He was 60 years old.
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