The Railroad that Came Out at Night
Author and photographer Frank Kyper recounts stories of railroading around the Boston area between 1957 and 1977. From Union Freight, to Boston & Maine, to South Station, the great Chelsea fire, as well as various short lines and other historic tidbits. You’ll relive railroading in The Hub!
RAILROADING SOFTCOVER
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sheathed ice reefer is available for $26.95. Also available is a Z scale West- ern Pacific F7 set with five freight cars. The price per set is $219.95.
N scale product news Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Flo-
rence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; see:
www.atlasrr.com, has introduced
its
Burlington Northern paint scheme for the GP15-1 locomotive. These N scale locomotives feature directional light- ing, are DCC ready, have blackened metal wheels, dual flywheel equipped five-pole skew armature motor and fac- tory installed
AccuMate magnetic
knuckle couplers. Other new paint schemes in multiple numbers are Apalachicola Northern, Conrail Quali- ty, Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific, Cali- fornia Northern, Frisco and Norfolk Southern. The price per unit is $94.95 and undecorated is $89.95. New N scale rolling stock includes new paint schemes for a 42-foot coil steel cars. These
cars come with see-through
walks, removable hood and inside floor detail. New road names in multiple numbers are Kansas City Southern, Atlantic & Western Railway, Chatta- hoochee Bay, and Norfolk Southern. These cars sell for $30.95 or $24.95 for undecorated. In the Trainman series a 50-foot, single-door boxcar has new schemes. These cars feature improved
Dreadnaught
ends,
nine
foot
Youngstown door, 50-ton friction bear- ing trucks and AccuMate couplers. The price per car is $18.95 or $13.95 for un- decorated. Road names are undecorat- ed, Conrail, Grand Trunk Western, Great Northern,
Reading, Western
Maryland, Bangor & Aroostook, Erie Lackawanna, Family Lines, Missouri Pacific, PRR and Rock Island. Decorat- ed cars are priced at $18.95 and undec- orated are $13.95. Summit USA, LLC, 512A Ford St., Lake Charles, LA 70601, website:
www.summitusa-llc.com, now is offer- ing a modern Shell Gas Station & Con- venience Store kit in N scale. It comes with four modern double pumps on two islands under a canopy. The kit in- cludes all the building parts, pumps and signs, window glazing and decals. The price is $79.95. Micro-Trains Line Co., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200;
see:
www.micro-trains.com, has released a number of new N scale rolling stock items. The first offering is a Canadian National 34-foot, wood-sheathed ca- boose with straight cupola selling for $32.10; also a Seattle & North Coast 50-foot, rib-side boxcar with double- doors priced at $27.30; an Ontario Northland 50-foot flat car with fishbel- ly
sides and a container load for $22.20; Erie Lackawanna 50-foot, stan-
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