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| Shown
was a sample of the Automax Autorack shell and the Coal Porter.
We were told that actual production was further along than this
and this was all they were able to share with us. The Coal Porter
will probably be sold in 5 or 6-packs. |
| ATLAS |
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| By
far the biggest suprise was the 2-truck Shay by Atlas. This is a
brass sample. The actual production will be die-cast and plastic.
No delivery dates or even ball park pricing available. |
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| Atlas
2-6-0 Mogul sample.
This is the MicroAce engine that Atlas is utilizing the tooling
for their own engine. |
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| Atlas
Track Cleaner (this
is the Tomix unit with a vacumn built-in). |
| BACHMANN |
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| Bachmann
has announced intentions to do a USRA 2-6-6-2, this is the HO model
they have done. Also they are doing a 4-6-0 similar to their recent
HO offering. |
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| Bachmann
N Scale Engine Display |
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| Bachmann
Mountain (sorry for the bad picture, this was actualy a very nice
looking model, at least the quality of the 2-8-0) |
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| Bachmann
C40-8W sample |
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| Bachmann
EZ Commander DCC System. An entry level system, very easy to use. |
| CLASSIC
METAL WORKS |
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| Classic
Metal Works new vehicles |
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| Classic
Metal Works product line |
| DELUXE
INNOVATIONS |
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| deLuxe
innovations announcements: Maxi Stack III 5-unit Double Stack Car
with Die-Cast body and injection molded and etched metal details.
Also announced a 53' Corrugated Steel Container. |
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| deLuxe
innovations new products: BN, NS and DAPX Coal Porter Gondola, Greenbrier
Leasing TwinStack, UP, EL and D&H 40' Box Cars, AJCL and Florens
40' Containers. Also a Sanding Facility kit. |
| KATO |
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| Kato
Union Pacific F3 with new DCC ready chassis. The chassis is supposed
to be similar in design to the E8 and PA and will take a similar
decoder. Bethgon Coal Porter to be announced next followed by AC4400s. |
| MDC |
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| MDC
2-6-0 with lower tender. |
| MODEL
POWER |
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| Model
Power Union Pacific 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado with Vandy Tender. Will
also be released with a standard tender and the tenders will be
available separately. More steam to come later. |
| MICRO-TRAINS |
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| First
up the Micro-Trains Southern Autorack. Pricing is yet to be determined.
They have announced intention to do a Bi-Level open and fully enclosed
Bi- and Tri-Levels. |
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| Micro-Trains
also was displaying a poster of coming releases. |
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| Micro-Trains
Holiday announcement. |
| NCE |
| NCE
was showing decoders for Atlas SD50/60s and GPs/U25B. They are also
doing a decoder for the IMR SD4xT-2 which is predominately done.
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| NORTH
AMERICAN N SCALE |
| Kirk
Reddie provided a comprehensive night tour of Las Vegas while making
only right-hand turns. During this entire process he was stress
testing the A/C capability of a Chrysler Concorde. He was showing
off advance copies of issue #20 of N Scale Railroading due at your
favorite dealer next week. |
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| RED
CABOOSE |
| Red
Caboose had samples of single panel Centerbeams and a small poster
for the 89' Fully Enclosed Autorack. |
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| SOUNDTRAXX |
| Soundtraxx
was showing their new SurroundTrax system providing six sound zones
on a DC or DCC layout, this product is hoped to be released summer
of 2004. Also on display was Tsunami decoder which is started to
get small enough to consider for N Scale. |
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| TRIX |
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| Trix
Post-War era Occupation Train - US Military |
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| Marklin
was showing two Z Scale boxed sets, one US prototype and one European. |
| WALTHERS |
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| Walthers
American Hardware Structure kit |
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| Walthers
Bralick Structure kit |
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| Walthers
Co-Op Storage Shed Structure kit |
| WOODLAND
SCENICS |
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| Woodland
Scenics Accent Series of figures. |
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| Woodland
Scenics makes the prototypes which are about 5-6 inches in height,
and then scales them to HO and N Scale. |
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| Woodland
Scenics checker scene prototype and HO figures. |
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