The excellent kit maker releases its molten sulfur tank car.
IF YOU CAST your mind back to January, I posted a number of pictures of molten sulfur tank cars, inspired by Rail Yard Models’ announcement that it would be working on a brand new kit for one of these vehicles. These can be found here, here and here.
A final selection of T-Coded two-axle tanks
IN THE FINAL T-Coded update day, there is a quick look at the Carless-branded NACO74xxx TUAs which worked the Harwich-North Walsham gas condensate flow in the late 1990s, as well as a couple of the PR701xx series vehicles that were also used.
New tank cars and 89ft 4in intermodal flats hit the roster.
IT HAS TAKEN a long time coming, but finally, after many years of producing freight cars of all shapes and sizes, US manufacturer Atlas has now released an intermodal vehicle in ‘HO’ scale! This is in the form of the ACF-built 89ft 4in all-purpose flat car, designed to carry both trailers and containers.
A little guilty pleasure that arrived the other day.
SO, YES, I went out on a limb and purchased both Athearn Genesis Penn Central ‘modernised’ F-unit A-B sets! Just a treat to myself for working so hard last year. I had hoped to build some of these up using the Highliners body, but Athearn has made things much easier and quicker with these new ‘out of the box’ models that it seemed crazy not to splash out.
The all-new Genesis line MP15AC in pictures.
SO, AFTER MUCH delay, Athearn’s Genesis MP15AC is finally here, but, as the saying goes, it was worth the wait,. The Californian firm has really pushed the boat out with road specific detail, the only thing visually letting the model down being the floppy and warped delrin handrails. So far, I have purchased four of ‘em - CP ‘Beaver’, Milwaukee Road, Soo Line and UP (ex M-K-T) - although I could have easily taken more. The CP and UP versions are illustrated here.