N SCALE PRODUCT NEWS
Athearn Trains (athearn.com) has announced a February delivery date for a 40’ triple-bay wood-chip hopper car with new road names including B&O, Chessie/ C&O, and Portland Terminal – PTM. The ready-to-run N scale model comes with a cast resin wood-chip load. Individual models will have an MSRP of $19.98. A four-pack will also be available at $79.98. The C&O car picture is from a previous production run.
ready-to-run N scale cars will have etched-metal roofwalks and brake platforms, wire roofwalk grab irons, and roller-bearing or solid-bearing trucks appropriate to the prototype road. The models will have an MSRP of $25.98 each. The photo shows a car from an earlier release.
Bachmann Industries (www.bachmanntrains.com) has released an N scale model of a USRA light 2-10-2 Santa Fe class steam locomotive. The Spectrum® series ready-to-run DCC-equipped model features die-cast construction, a double set of traction tires, and operating E-Z Mate® Mark II magnetic couplers. Paint schemes include Chicago & Illinois Midland, Southern Railway, DM&IR, Canadian National, Seaboard, and Kansas City Southern. The model also will be available painted black but unlettered. The MSRP on the locomotive is $300.00. Con-Cor (con-cor.com) is booking reservations for delivery this Fall of a series of Tri-Level Auto Rack cars. The N scale ready-to-run models feature metal wheelsets and Micro-Trains® couplers. Road names include BNSF (yellow and silver Swoosh scheme), Union Pacific (Building America), Kansas City Southern, Conrail, Southern Railway (green), and CSX (black logo), plus three variations of Amtrak (Phase III (1983+), Phase IV (1993+), and Phase V (2005+). The models have an MSRP of $28.98 each and will be available in three different numbers for each road. DeLuxe Innovations is quoting a November delivery date for its third production release of N scale Maxi-Stack IV cars. The run will include TTX yellow with white conspicuity stripes, a late version of BNSF’s swoosh scheme, and a late version of Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad (ex-Northwest Container). All are priced at $74.95 for a four-pack. Also due in November are two-packs of 40’ container chassis decorated for K-Line, OOCL, and Sea-Land. The two-packs are $22.95 each. DeLuxe Innovations products are marketed by InterMountain Railway (www.intermountain-railway.com).
Also due from Athearn next February is an N scale GATC 2600 cf Airslide decorated for SLSF-Frisco, Great Northern, Nickel Plate Road, and ATSF. The Page 109 • Issue 11-09• Sep 2011 • Old Yardmaster - Industry scuttlebutt, page 10
Fox Valley Models (foxvalleymodels.com), is taking reservations for a new production run of its N scale General Electric ES44AC 4,400 horsepower Evolution series diesel locomotive. The run will include new numbers for the popular BNSF
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