America’s Greatest
Circus Train
By Bruce C. Nelson
A total of 335 colorful photos and 14 chapters tracing the development, operation and history of the Great Circus Train between Baraboo, Wis.
and Chicago and Milwaukee. Hardbound, 208 pages, 10 x 10", includes Circus World Museum railway car and loco roster. $54.95, $6.50 shipping in USA.
Ill. res. add 8.75% sales tax.
Heimburger House Publishing Company
Southern, Burlington Northern and Conrail. Prices will be announced soon. For rolling stock, two Federal Paper Board 65-foot, 100-ton log cars are available with pulpwood loads. They are priced at $24.30 each. Other recent Micro-Trains rolling stock releases are a Milwaukee Road 83-foot Pullman heavyweight 3-2 observation car paint- ed orange and maroon for $28.50; a Denver & Rio Grande Western 40-foot, outside braced boxcar with a single door for $16.65; a Norfolk & Western 60-foot boxcar with double plug-doors for $21.30; a Penn Gas Coal Co., 33-foot twin bay hopper with coal load for $22.80; a Canadian National 40-foot standard boxcar with single door for $20.85; a Silver Edge 40-foot, wood sheathed reefer in the Brewery Reefer Series (No. 4) priced at $26.95 and a Union Pacific wood sheathed
caboose
with slanted cupola for $21.05. Also in stock is a Runner four-pack of Burling- ton Northern 60-foot Centerbeam flat cars. The pack is priced at $99.95. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Flo-
www.protocraft.com
rence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; see:
www.atlasrr.com, now has new paint schemes for its N scale 53-foot Evans double plug-door boxcar. The ready-to- run model features 70-ton roller bear- ing trucks, roof overspray and Accu- Mate couplers. New paint schemes in multiple numbers are Chicago & North Western, Coin Millwork, Multnomah Plywood, USLX, Vermont Railway and Weyerhauser. The retail price is $12.95 for undecorated models and $17.95 for decorated models. A 42-foot pulpwood flat car in N scale comes ready-to-run. Features include a die-cast chassis, fine stirrup steps, plastic deck, sepa- rate air reservoir, brake cylinder, triple valve and simulated pulpwood detail. Road names in multiple numbers are undecorated,
Delaware & Hudson,
Seaboard Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, Frisco, Maine Central and Santa Fe. The price for the undecorat- ed model is $15.95, and the decorated model is $19.95. Fox Valley Models, P.O. Box 1970, Plaines,
Des IL 60017; website:
www.foxvalleymodels.com, has intro- duced its Norfolk Southern ES44AC lo- comotive in N scale. The GEVO unit features a.c. or d.c. power with three cabs,
two handrail/sill assemblies,
three different bodies, Hi-Ad or steer- able trucks, directional headlight, illu- minated ditch lights, five-pole motor with dual flywheels and separate cut levers. Three numbers are available and the price is $130.00. Also available are Norfolk Southern PS 5,344 cubic foot boxcars. They come with a finely molded body, etched metal crosswalks, FVM metal wheelsets and body mount- ed couplers. In four numbers the price is $18.95. Trainworx, P.O. Box 127, Delta, CO
81426;
www.train-worx.com, has re- leased several new road names for its N scale 52-foot gondolas. Features are a die-cast frame, 100-ton trucks with metal wheel sets and body mounted Micro-Trains couplers. Road names in multiple numbers are Burlington Northern, Chicago & North Western, CSX, DT&I, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Soo Line, Southern, Southern Pacific and Wisconsin Central. These cars sell for $26.95 each.
HO scale product news Kato U.S.A. Inc., 100 Remington Rd., IL 60173;
Schaumburg, website:
www.katousa.com, has released sever- al schemes for its HO scale EMD SD90/43MAC locomotives. The models of the big 6,000 h.p. units are DCC friendly with a standard 8-pin plug, di- rectional headlights and lighted ditch
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