Atlas Model Railroad Company announced new releases for both it’s SD9 locomotive, and it’s Trainman Series PS-2 Covered Hopper. Also announced are new road numbers for the Trainman Series 85′ Trash Flats, and new paint schemes and road numbers for the Trainman Series 20′ High Cube MSW Containers. Roadnames for the EMD SD9 are: B&O, …
News of new roadname releases for Broadway Limited this October, came via Brooklyn Locomotive Works today. Roadnames for the E6 model include: Atlantic Coast Line (A & B Unit), Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe (A & B Unit), Kansas City Southern (A Unit), Louisville & Nashville (A Unit), Milwaukee Road (A Unit), Southern (A Unit), …
Update February 2, 2014: The preliminary patent application for the NZT PROTOMATE is available online: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20130256254.pdf The design appears to be pretty clever. Rather than a MTL coil centering spring, or a straight whisker, the patent describes a large coil centering spring that wraps around the center post. Being metal, it shouldn’t take a set …
At the Internationale Spielwarenmesse 2014 Nürnberg (Nuremberg International Toy Show), Arnold displayed a preproduction sample of their upcoming U25C diesel locomotive. The photos below were shared via the Arnold Modelleisenbahnen Facebook page.
Athearn has announced a new run of PS-1 Boxcars in C&O, M.I., RI, SCL, WP, and RDG. Those of you that frequent the Trainboard forum will note that the Missouri-Illinois car matches the scheme done on the first special run car from Trainboard. However, this one is more accurate than the MTL model chosen for …