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1947 four-door sedan with a hollow cast resin body and moveable rubber tires for $13.95. The third vehicle is a 1949-53 telephone utility truck with rubber tires for $18.95. Frenchman River Model Works,


72191 VM Hwy., Stratton, NE 09043; www.frenchmanriver.com, now has an HO scale 169-foot, two track station float (barge) from the 1950’s. Kit fea- tures include highly detailed resin castings with scale weld lines, scuttle hatches, cleat bases and toggle pock- ets, plus Micro Engineering Co. nickel silver rail cast into place. The kit may be built with or without a roof. No. 151, is priced at $145.00. ExactRail, 1053 South 1675 West,


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Orem, CT 84078; www.exactrail.com, is now offering several variations of an HO scale 72-foot, deck plate girder bridge. These are the most common type of railroad bridge in North Ameri- ca. The model is properly dimensioned from actual prototypes. Both early and late versions come decorated and ready-to-install and a third version is an undecorated kit. Railroad names are Baltimore & Ohio early, CSX late, PRR early, BNSF late, Milwaukee Road early, Southern Pacific late, Sil- ver bridge early, Silver bridge late, Black bridge early, Black bridge late, Undecorated bridge early and Undeco- rated bridge late. These bridges are


The Circus


priced at $36.95 each, ready to use. Woodland Scenics, P.O. Box 98, Linn


Creek, MO 65052; the company web- site is www.woodlandscenics.com, has a new HO scale DPM Landmark struc- ture call Our House. It is a two-story home featuring weathered metal, mansard roof with weather vane, dou- ble chimneys and a stone foundation. Other details are potted and hanging plants, window boxes filled with flow- ers, rocking chairs and table. No. 12700 is priced at $49.99. New HO scale Scenic Accents include A1959, People Going Places, six figures: three men, an elderly woman and mother and child busily moving about. The price is $19.99; No. A1960, Street Items are accessories for the street and include four fire hydrants, two street mailboxes and two each of emergency fire and police call boxes. The price is $20.99. Two new HO scale AutoScenes have been shipped. AS5565 is Tractor and Planter for $20.99 and AS5566, is the Backhoe for $24.99. Rapido Trains, Inc., 445 Edgeley


Blvd., Unit 1, Concord, Ontario, Cana- da L4K 4G1; www.rapidotrains.com, has released its latest HO scale pas- senger equipment with the New Haven Osgood Bradley ten-window “smoker” coaches and Boston & Maine Osgood Bradley-built ten-window, lightweight coach. Features include a new interior,


Moves by Rail By Chappie Fox & Tom Parkinson


The Circus Moves by Rail is a thorough, well researched chronicle of the history of “railroad” circuses from the late 1800’s to today’s Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. Hundreds of rare photographs and documents illustrate rail- road circus operations across the country. Roster shots of rare equipment, action shots of circus trains on the move, and photos of loading and unloading the trains transport the reader back to the days when many circuses, carnivals and ice shows moved by rail. 400 pgs., profusely illustrated, heavy coated pa- per.


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