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News

TCY - UP 1939-1941 CoP Train

11/28/2016

We received the following from The Coach Yard:

TCY 1395 – 1941 'City of Portland'  - a 15 car set, no power units
In 1941, The Union Pacific had reassigned the M-10004 train sets to become the City of Portland (COP). The 11 car articulated set was repainted and re-lettered for it’s new assignment. Three cars were added to the consist from the M-10002 COP and  EMD E3’s were assigned as road power.
The Coach Yard is commissioned to make a 15 car set for the “City of Portland”. We will build only to orders received by December 31, 2016.  Please let your customers know.  The MSRP is projected to be $10,500.00.

Update 12/7/2016:  Our understanding is that there will be 6 sets total prduced for this train.  At this time, there is only one set still available to reserve.

 

Milw Road Boxcabs, PSC - Update

11/16/2016

We have the official pickup notice in hand from Precision Scale for boxcab electrics from Milw Road.  This project is quite extensive with multiple versions in 2, 3 and 4 units sets, as well as a variety of single units for you to assemble your specific consist.   The listings show which models are still available and we have the only remaining streamlined units for your purchase.

 

Coach Yard Update Oct 2016

10/29/2016

The Coach Yard has sent out a post BrassExpo update with several pieces of news for you:

 

Division Point Update Oct 2016

10/29/2016

Division Point has made a preliminary announcement that they will be producing Pacfiic class steam engines for CB&Q and FW&D. The FW&D engines #556-557 will be appropriate power for the Texas Zephyr project from Coach Yard. For CB&Q we will see 'S' class engines. Also on the move for Division Point will be the next batch of Alco RS engines. There are a variety of engines in the batch, so please check the listing for details.

 

Krauss-Maffei engines from UTI

10/05/2016

Union Terminal has reset their (SPKrauss-Maffei project.  Please check the new listings for the version which interests you.

 

Project annoucements from The Coach Yard 2016-04

05/09/2016

The Coach Yard has put out new project listings for three sets of trains from NYC and PRR.  They are hoping to get these going quickly.   If you have an interest, please let us know.

Individual cars will also be available in the projects.  We will have more detailed listings up in the next week or so, but feel free to contact us with any questions or requests.

 

PSC Newsletter 2016-Feb

02/17/2016

The first newsletter for 2016 is here from Precision Scale.  They have trimmed back their long term project listings. The following are expected for delivery in the first half of this year:

PSC has also added the following new project announcements:

 

Milw Road Boxcabs Update 2016-Jan

01/25/2016

Precision Scale has provided several photos of pilot models for the Milwaukee Road - Boxcab Project.  There are quite a few variations available, including single units for you to assemble a unique consist of your choosing.  We are looking for delivery in the second quarter of this year, so get your final requests in soon!

 

North Bank Line 2016-Jan Update

01/03/2016

North Bank Line is working on the GN and Spokane, Portland and Seattle O-1 Mikados with delivery now expected early in 2016. The bigger news is the cancellation of the projects listed below. NBL is working on new prototypes for potential production.  The CB&Q / GN / NP 2-6-6-2 engines are still in process with delivery pushed out to 2017. Canceled listings:

 

 

GN / SP&S O-1 2-8-2s from NBL

09/12/2015

North Bank Line has sent out a newsletter headlined September 2015.   They are starting production on the O-1 Mikado steam engines for Great Northern and Spokane, Portland and Seattle. The project has both standard (black boiler) and Glacier Park scheme paintwork.  While the engines are all fully reserved at North Bank, we do have several extra engines on order.  There are also some extra auxiliary water tenders being produced, which also still available to reserve.