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Erie Commercial Railroad, Burlington Northern, Grand Trunk Western, N de M and Rio Grande. These cars retail for $23.98. A number of fully assem- bled, HO, 50-foot, gondolas come with 70-ton roller bearing trucks, separately applied brake wheel, body mounted McHenry scale couplers. Road names are Rock Island and Soo Line. The price per car is $23.98. An HO 40-foot, three-bay hopper comes in nine differ- ent road numbers for Union Pacific and Reading. It has a removable load, ribbed sides, flat ends unless noted, factory applied wire grab irons, stirrup steps, end braces and brake platforms. The fully assembled car retails for $27.98 or four for $99.98. Bachmann Industries, 1400 East
Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124;
www.bachmanntrains.com, is now of- fering 40-foot gondolas in HO scale and decorated for the Lehigh Valley. Fea- tures include blackened metal wheels, body mounted couplers, and non-mag- netic axles. The price is $21.00. Summit USA, LLC, 512 A Ford St.,
www.evergreenscalemodels.com
railroading in New Jersey with rare steam and diesel views!
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Susquehanna Enjoy classic short line
Lake Charles, LA 70601; website:
www.summitusa-llc.com, now has two new HO scale structure kits. The first is the Security Finance, a modernized old downtown building. It lacks details on three sides because it’s a downtown building. The kit includes all the build- ing parts, signs, window frames, glazing, posters and instructions. The price is $25.95. Also available is a newly de- signed Taco Bell Restaurant with more south of the border design. The kit in- cludes all the building parts and window frames, stone siding, street signs, posters and instructions. The price is $99.95. Accurail, P.O. Box 278, Elburn, IL
60119;
www.accurail.com, has released the following HO scale rolling stock. The cars include a Norfolk Southern 5600 series, 50-foot, exterior post, steel
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boxcar, priced at $16.98; an SL-SF Frisco 3500 series 40-foot, sliding door, AAR steel boxcar at $16.98; a Chicago & North Western 2400 series USRA twin hopper (in three numbers) sells for $15.98 each; a Milwaukee Road 3100 series, 40-foot, insulated, plug- door steel boxcar for $16.98; a Great Northern Western Fruit Express 40- foot steel reefer (three car set) and a Soo Line 3800 series, 40-foot, combo- door, steel boxcar for $16.98. Coming soon will be a Great Northern 89-foot, partially enclosed, bi-level auto rack for $23.98; a Norfolk Southern 50-foot, exterior post steel boxcar for $16.98 and a Frisco 40-foot, sliding door, steel boxcar selling for $16.98. Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Ashville, NC 28816; see website:
www.tangentscalemodels.com, has in- troduced its HO scale, 3,600 cubic foot Bethlehem Steel design, open quad hopper. The model matches Union Pa- cific’s large fleet of coal hoppers. Fea- tures include thin profile brake piping, see-through etched metal brake plat- forms, L shaped end sheet supports, in- terior bracing detail, highly detailed hopper bay outlet gates, Tangent 100- ton N-11 trucks and accurate colors. Road names in multiple numbers be- ing offered are B&LE “Bicentennial 1776”; B&LE original; Clinchfield orig- inal FH19; Clinchfield original H-8; CSX; Illinois Central Gulf 1981 simpli- fied scheme; Illinois Central Gulf “Cen- tralia Quad”; Louisville & Nashville Family Lines; L&N original; Union Pa- cific scheme 1 “original H-100-16”; UP scheme 10 original H-100-19; UP scheme 12 “1989 H-100-17 black”; UP scheme 13 “1997 H-100-19 black re- paint” version two; UP scheme 2 origi- nal H-100-17; UP scheme 5 “1989 H- 100-18 black with repainted white end”; UP scheme 6 “1989 H-100-18
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