Thursday, July 16, 2009

Railroad Model Craftsman 07 2009


David M. Hoffman, 8682 U.S. Hwy. 61 North, Woodville, MS 39669-3502, has now produced an HOn3 scale Mann's Creek Railway No. 2 420-ton Shay semi kit. This kit includes genuine MDC casting parts, plus specially made lost wax brass castings upgraded with NorthWest Short Line gearing and U joints. It is powered with a flat can motor. The price is $200.00, postpaid. Athearn Trains, 1550 Glenn Curtiss St., Carson, CA 80746, has introduced an all sound equipped HO scale Genesis locomotive with custom designed SoundTraxx Tsunami digital sound decoders. These new decoders provide smoother and more precise operations with back-EMF control for consistent operating speeds. This unit is compatible with NMRA standards for DCC and features dual mode capability for operation on analog or DCC layouts. The HO model will be available with Mars oscillating signal lights, Pyle Gyra-lights, Western Cullen rotary beacons and more. Also available from Athearn are a new line of HO scale of Fixible Visicoach bus. These standard designed 1950's buses are decorated for Consolidated Bus Lines (Roanoke); Fred Harvey Bus Line (Grand Canyon Village); Badger Bus Line (Madison) and Utah Parks Company (chartered). They are priced at $22.98. For TOFC modelers, there are three new 28-foot Wedge Trailers (two packs). Road names are Consolidated Freightways (two sets) and Roadway. The price is $24.98 per set.

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