North Bank Line update
Due to low reservation rates and the uncertainty of costs for international tradeq (re tariffs) North Bank is removing all of its future announced projects.
They will be moving forward with the City of Kansas City project and will be starting production soon.
Heading into the 2025 NMRA coinvention, Coach Yard has announced plans for the following cars / trains (listings to follow):
North Bank Line note(s)
The City of Kansas City project is moving into production. Deposits are due, so you should be receiving a notice for your payment. If you are interested in any of these, please contact me as a number of the items will be in stand by.
Due to the low response rate, the Boston & Maine and Maine Central cars will not be produced in this run.
Happy Holidays!
December is almost done but we now can enjoy the quiet week before New Years. Christmas is still in our hearts and you still have time to enjoy one final unique, fine scale model for yourself (or a friend). Precisely crafted, hand produced and elegantly finished. Use our search page to dig through our listings for items, both recent and historical, covering decades of railroad design.
We are also shipping again, so we can get your latest request on its way immediately!
North Bank Line notes for Aug:
Due to scheduling changes from the builder, the 3rd business car group and the WP / SN / TS caboose project have changed positions in the schedule. We now expect the cabooses in the fall and the next business cars in late 2024 or January 2025. Following are some updates, along with new project annoucements:
North Bank Line notes for June:
The 3rd Business car project will have hard numbers set on Friday June 28.. Please check the listings at the link and let us know if there are any models you need from the project (Amtrak, CB&Q, CN, DM&IR, IC, ICG, MRL, N&W, WP). After the 28th, availability will be limited to a few models we have ordered for stock.
North Bank Line notes for May:
North Bank Line notes for January:
The Coach Yard has released an announcement for the production of OCS Business cars for CSX. These will represent current cars in the modern CSX fleet which have been named in honor of former CEOs, Presidents and Chairmen of the line.
Alco Century 855 engines in production from Division Point!
Announcing the development and production of a new project from Division Point - The Union Pacific Alco C855 engines. The original prototype consisted of 3 units (2 A units with cabs and 1 B unit without a cab). As such, the models will be available in 3 different model packages (total run will be 100 individual units):
Engines will be DC operation out of the box, but will Include a “Decoder Buddy” Light/DCC Board and be setup for plug and play DCC decoder install - there will be a mounting pad for speaker(s). There will also be 'extra' lighting features built in beyond the basic headlight / rear light, including class lights, number board lights, a cab light and possibly some step lighting.
Suggested retail is planned for $2,995 per unit - assuming that there are no major changes from this point forward. This should fit well with the recent big model projects that have been produced recently, such as the UP steam turbines and the UP Coal Turbine.
Non-refundable deposits will be required as we move into production - probably in early spring. The builders are moving along. Delivery is currently expected at the end of summer. Please feel free to ask any questions that may come to mind.
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