For March 2011, Athearn has announced another run of GATC 2600 Airslide hoppers available in Denver and Rio Grand Western, Monon, GACX/PRR and Union Pacific in three numbers each. The GATC 2600 Airslide hoppers started being built in the 1960′s and are still out on the road today.
Athearn also announced a new run of [...]
BLMA Models has announced their third run of TopGon’s. With 24 new numbers this round, those keeping score will notice that a unit train with 84 individual numbers can now be assembled! More information can be found at the BLMA Models website HERE.
Now if only you Norfolk Southern modelers had an accurate Dash-9 available, [...]
Walthers has announced a new “limited run” of the EMD GP60s. This new run features new schemes and numbers, a DCC friendly mechanism, MicroTrains couplers, RP-25 wheels that will operate on Code 55 or larger rail, a split-frame chassis and dual brass flywheels.
Built 1985-1994, most still in service Primary Assignment: Fast intermodal and [...]
Walthers has announced (actually last month but we missed it in the flurry of other announcements) that they are going to do a new “limited run” of the Life Like SW9/1200 road switcher. Walthers says the new run is an updated model that is DCC friendly, has all-wheel drive and electric pickup, a 5-pole skew-wound [...]
Kato put out a product update today that we’re passing along…
The first delivery of the N Scale Union Pacific City of Los Angeles, accompanying Union Pacific EMD E9A and E9B locomotives, and N scale Mixed Freight Sets are all on track to arrive in the United States towards the end of the week and [...]
FVM has just announced re-runs and new schemes of their Trinity RD-4 Coal Hopper. They will be available as singles and 12 Packs. Reservations are requested by April 8 with cars arriving in July and Aug. Matt also mentioned that they shipped the BNSF, WP and MR&T 5283 DD Boxcars this week and to look [...]
