Recent Model Announcements - N&W Related Stuff
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Wed Jun 30 22:37:10 EDT 2021
Nice summary Russ! If you are wanting these models I'd advise
pre-ordering. There are multiple, reputable dealers to preorder through.
Ed Painter #70, Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:06 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:
> Good evening fellow NWHS members, I wanted to reach out to the mailing
> list and provide an update of recently announced and soon to be arriving
> models that are N&W, VGN & NS related. I won’t post any pricing info, as
> street pricing and MSRP vary, so please support your LHS. Just for sake of
> avoiding confusion, any offerings where ‘*N&W*’ is shown as the road
> name, the model is in an older paint scheme that will include either ‘AND’
> or ‘&’ in the lettering. Where ‘*NW*’ is shown the late Block NW logo is
> being used. That being said, here’s what we have:
>
> *From Atlas O Scale – New Announcements:*
>
> 1. *N&W* ACF 2 Bay Offset side 2 bay hoppers, shown as NW Class
> H51, which are ex P&WV cars that last until 1973 on NW. There are four road
> numbers and are only in their 3-rail version. Anticipated Delivery Date: 4Q
> 2021.
>
>
>
> 2. *Norfolk Southern* Gunderson Multi-Max Autoracks with the new
> Horsehead logo. There are four road numbers and are available in both
> 2-rail and 3-rail versions. Anticipated Delivery Date: 4Q 2021.
>
> *From Atlas N Scale – New Announcements:*
>
> 1. Various SD50’s, SD 60M’s & SD60E’s. These will be DCC Ready only,
> but will have operating ditch lights. Anticipated Delivery Date: 2Q 2022.
>
> 1. *Norfolk Southern* SD40E’s (rebuilt CR SD50’s), three road
> numbers.
> 2. *Norfolk Southern* SD60E’s (rebuilt SD60’s with Crescent Cabs)
> seven road numbers total, including four numbers in std. Horsehead, plus
> the #911 First Responders, unit #6920 Honoring Veterans unit and #6963
> ‘GoRail’ unit.
> 3.
>
> *From Athearn in both HO and N Scale – New Announcements:*
>
> 1. *N&W* – 40’ – 3-bay 70-ton Rib sided Hoppers; these are a re-issue
> of the upgraded MDC / Roundhouse car. There will be two – 4-packs and a
> single car, for a total of 9 unique road numbers. Based on the road number
> for the single car, these are lettered for the H3’s built in 1944. Cars in
> both scales will have knuckle couplers, metal wheels and a removable load.
> Anticipated Delivery Date: August 2022.
>
>
>
> 2. *NW* 50’ SIECO Single Door Boxcars. These were built in the 1975 and
> are lettered as XF cars for Food Service Only. There will be three road
> numbers. Anticipated Delivery Date: August 2022.
>
> *From Athearn Genesis HO Scale – New Announcements:*
>
> 1. They have generically announced the GE AC4400CW. This line of
> models is currently in design and no road names or numbers have been
> officially announced. While CSX was the only eastern US railroad to order
> the AC4400CW, these units have found their way to NS from every railroad
> that owned them. *NS* leased a pair of Southern Pacific and a pair of
> CSX units to perform road testing early on during the genesis of the AC
> traction development race against EMD. These models could potentially
> become AC44C6M models, which for NS are rebuilt C40-9’s and C40/44-9W’s, a
> program that NS has been working through both internally and with GE /
> Wabtec for the past 6-7 years. So, there is hope on that front.
> 2.
> 3. Athearn has also joined in the GE Dash 9 market. For *NS* modelers
> this means another GE C40-9 “Top Hat” as well as another variant of the
> C40/C44-9W, which NS had some 10 different orders of. There will be at
> least three road numbers for each release and will be offered in both
> DC/DCC Ready and DCC & Sound. Those models should start to arrive in
> May 2022.
>
> 4. Athearn has also announced the SD80/90MAC platform models. While
> the SD80MAC’s for Conrail and NS Repaints have already hit the streets,
> they have recently announced that they will be offering the SD9043MAC.
> These units were built with the then standard EMD 710 series prime mover,
> but were set-up to have the prime mover be able to be replaced with H
> Series prime movers that were later found in the SD90AC’s. Due to
> mechanical failures in the H series prime movers, the program fizzled.
> Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific were the only original buyers of the
> SD9043MAC, however Norfolk Southern bought ~100 units second hand from UP,
> via EMD, and another 10 that were from the Indiana Railroad, Appalachia &
> Ohio and CIT Leasing. These units were rebuilt into SD70ACu’s, which
> Athearn has announced as well and should be hitting the streets this fall.
> The SD9043MAC’s from UP did serve on NS as patched, meaning for the most
> part they still wore UP Armor Yellow and Harbor Mist grey. Athearn’s
> announcement for the NS (ex-UP) SD9043MAC’s will have three road numbers in
> both DCC Ready and DCC & Sound and is expected to deliver in Summer 2022.
>
> 5.
>
> *From ScaleTrains – Previously Announced and Soon to be delivered:*
>
> 1. In Kit Classics line – CB&Q Havelock Shops built 52’-6” Gondolas –
> Due August 2021. *NW* is offered as a road name with 3 unique road
> numbers. These are stand in cars for *NW* Class G72 gondolas. They will
> have metal wheel set and plastic knuckle couplers. As the name implies,
> they are a ~12 to 15-part shake-in-the-box kit.
>
>
>
> 2. In both the Operator and Rivet Counter Series – *Conrail*
> Hollidaysburg Shops built; Johnstown America kit supplied G52X Bethgons.
> The entire fleet of some 600 G52X class cars were absorbed into the NS
> fleet when the Conrail merger took place in 1998. These cars are shown to
> arrive in July 2021, but that may shift with the current worldwide shortage
> of available shipping containers. There are 24 unique road numbers for the
> mineral red scheme in the rivet counter line, plus the one road number for
> the grey test scheme. In the operator line, there are an additional 6
> unique road numbers in the mineral red scheme. Though these are shown as
> sold out at ScaleTrains, they usually have a few pre-orders that end up
> backing out, so you may be able to get them direct, if you have not
> already, or through one of their brick & mortar stores.
>
>
> 3. More *NS* Admiral Cab SD40-2’s, which are former Southern units, as
> there are only a couple of former NW units with Admiral cabs that were
> rebuilt. This is their 7th run of SD40-2’s and these should arrive in
> September, 2021.
>
>
> 4. For N Scalers the *NS* GE C40-9 Top Hat has been announced for a
> while, but they are showing to arrive in August 2021, while a second run
> for HO modelers has a delivery schedule of “Fall 2021.”
>
> 5. More *NS* Multi-Max Autoracks are in production as well. In HO, both
> Operator & Rivet Counter Series models are showing to deliver in June 2021,
> while more N scale racks are scheduled for this fall.
>
> 6. As I type you should have already seen the N&W EMD SD45’s in the
> Rivet Counter line. There were three road numbers in Pevler Blue and the
> #1776 Bicentennial Unit. These models are sold out at ScaleTrains. I don’t
> know if the Commissary has any of these units in stock or not.
>
>
> 7. The last soon to be delivered from ScaleTrains, more HO *NS* GE
> ET44AH’s are scheduled to arrive in July under both the Rivet Counter and
> Operator banners.
>
> *From ScaleTrains – New Announcement:*
>
> 1. Recently ScaleTrains announced the second full blown run of
> *NS* ES44AC’s in the Rivet Counter line. Aside from two road numbers
> for the standard *NS* Horsehead logo, SXT is starting to offer the *NS
> Heritage fleet units*. In this initial run the following units will be
> offered, #8099 – Southern, #8102 – Pennsylvania, #8105 – Interstate and
> #8114 – (original) Norfolk Southern. These are scheduled to ship in March
> 2022. The #8103 – Norfolk & Western should be in the next run of ES44AC
> Heritage units, whenever those are announced.
> 2.
>
> And now for the most delectable info….
>
> *From Rapido Trains in HO Scale – New Announcements:*
>
> 1. Earlier this week Rapido Trains announced the first run of HS Scale
> GE U25B’s, covering Phases I, II, & III. While *Wabash* and *N&W *were
> not in this initial release, Rapido did state that there will be future
> runs, covering Phases IV & V units, which should cover the units originally
> bought by the *Wabash* and those re-painted post-merger into a variety of
> *N&W* schemes. This project is in the early design phase and they have no
> scheduled delivery dates at this time. Pricing has been established for
> both DCC & Sound units as well as DCC Ready units.
>
>
>
> 2. A couple of weeks ago Rapido announced HO Scale USRA Single Sheathed
> 40’ Boxcars. *N&W* is being offered in the first run, there will be a
> single six-pack of cars, and you can buy individual road numbers from said
> six-pack. The *N&W* car will come with AB brakes pre-mounted to the car,
> with optional KC brakes included in the box and they will have a wood door.
> Rapido is also offering Youngstown corrugated & Credo panel door designs as
> well for the other road names. This project is in the early design phase
> and they have no scheduled delivery dates at this time. Pricing has been
> established for both the single cars and the six-packs.
>
>
> 3. There will be a second runs of Alco RS-11’s, which will include four
> road numbers for Nickel Plate and road specific details. This project is in
> the early design phase and they have no scheduled delivery dates at this
> time. Pricing has been established for both DCC & Sound units as well as
> DCC Ready units.
>
>
> 4. At the same time Rapido announced the USRA Single Sheathed Boxcars,
> they also announced the ultra-modern FreightCar America AutoFlood III -
> 4,200 cf Rapid Discharge Car. This is a car that in-part was built in the
> former *N&W* East End Car Shops in Roanoke, VA. The relevant road names
> at this time include *CEFX* (Capital Equipment Leasing w/ Red Rotary Dump
> End), *GATX / GGPX *and *Progress Energy* (PGNX). The Progress Energy
> cars were originally loaded on the branches just west of Williamson and on
> the end of the Clinch Valley District, ran east through Roanoke along the
> Virginian and were destined for the Progress Energy plants in North
> Carolina. In the first run there will be three sets of 6 packs for a total
> of 18 numbers. Individual numbers can be bought at random from each of the
> six packs as well. *NS* does own two classes of this car, H64 & H68
> classes, both of which are 4,050 cf, so they are slightly smaller, but will
> work with this tooling. Hopefully at least one, if not both classes will be
> in an upcoming run, as well as N Scale if they decide to go that route with
> this car as well. This project is in the early design phase and they have
> no scheduled delivery dates at this time. Pricing has been established for
> both the single cars and the six-packs.
>
>
> 5. And *finally*, the Fairbanks Morse H16-44 project is going to
> continue forward. Initially there was a lack of response, but Rapido took
> the project back to the drawing board and added a couple of more road
> names. Though not new to the list, both *Virginian* and *N&W* repaints
> will be offered in the first run. There will be four road numbers to start
> for both road names. The *Virginian* units are to be numbered #39, #42,
> #47 & #49, which are from the Nov / Dec 1956 build dates. The *N&W*
> Repaints are in the Pevler Blue Hamburger Scheme and are of the same build
> dates. That being said, the 3D isometric model does have the raised center
> end rails from these later dates, but is not shown on the lettering
> diagrams. Hopefully some clarity can be gained on this issue prior to
> production. This project is in the early design phase and they have no
> scheduled delivery dates at this time. Pricing has been established for
> both DCC & Sound units as well as DCC Ready units.
>
> Sorry for the massive download info dump, but there are some exciting
> models coming our way in a variety of eras. I hope this brings anyone
> interested up to speed on recent announcements if you haven’t already seen
> them. And I will apologize for the wonky format of this e-mail, I typed it
> out on a Word document, and cut and pasted into the e-mail and the copy
> went crazy on me.
>
> Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful 4th of July Holiday weekend!
> Russ Goodwin - NWHS Modeling Chair
> Oakwood, GA
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