My Alaska Model Trains

I just picked up my 3 new Athearn GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tankcars. They really look great I cant wait until the next run. It would be nice to have about a dozen or more of these cars.

	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9324 [ATHG96503] Retail Price: $39.98
	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9322 [ATHG96502] Retail Price: $39.98
	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9319 [ATHG96501] Retail Price: $39.98

Bachmann has started the release of the next run of the 89’ Colorado Railcar Ultra Domes. This brings the total number of 89’ cars to date at 7, only 3 more to complete the set.

Road Name: 89′ McKinley Explorer “Eklutna” #1054 (A Car)

Product Code: 13343

Product Information: With lighted interior

Price: $53.00

Road Name: 89′ McKinley Explorer “Talkeetna” #1057 (B Car)

Product Code: 13344

Product Information: With lighted interior

Price: $53.00

Well I have added three new Bachmann 89’ Colorado Railcar Ultra Domes passenger cars to my inventory… Knik, Kenai, and Kobuk, all named after Alaskan rivers.

These cars where removed from a new Bachmann McKinley Explorer set.
With the first two cars… Chena & Nenana, my Ultra dome fleet is now at Five.

Check out these cars and my other ARR passenger cars on my ARR Passenger Car page.
According to http://www.alaskarails.org/ Holland America has 10 of these Ultra dome cars in there fleet. The missing cars are… Chulitna, Eklutna, Talkeetna, Kashwitna & Teklanika.
I hope that Bachmann will produce these cars in the future. But even it the don’t 5 cars at 89 ft plus my current ARR cars is still an impressive site.

Well they are finely here. I picked up my Bachmann 89’ Colorado Railcar Ultra Domes yesterday. I can’t wait to build up my Denali Star. I think I will head it 4011- Spirit of Denali, fallowed by 4008- Spirit of Wasilla then maybe 4003- Spirit of Moose Pass then my ARR passenger cars, these two new Colorado Railcars then two of the older McKinley cars then end with my business car.

Well the good news is Walthers has received their shipment of 89’ Colorado Railcars.

The bad news for me is that my local hobby store orders from Horizon and they have not  received their shipment yet.

So the bad news is that it may be a week before I will receive my order.

The good news, “I like to end with good news” is that it gives me an other week to gather the funds to pay for them.

Well if the truth be known, I have been floating funds for these cars since I first heard Bachman had announced them. Just now that I know that they are on their way I will lock in these funds and be able to commit new funds to other needed purchases.

The latest Athearn SD70mac’s are now in stock, pick up yours now.

I just added the HO SD70mac ARR/Spirit of Wasilla #4008 [ATHG64763] to my inventory. That brings my 70mac count up to 8. If I can find the funding I may add- SD70mac ARR/Spirit of Seward #4002 [ATHG64762].

Now if we can only convince Athearn to produce the SD70mac’s in the 4300 series.

In other news Bauchmann has posted on their Facebook page that the McKinley car are on there way. Ya!

Intermountain Railway Company will be re-releasing their line-up of ARR F-units in Jan of 2011.

Athearn has decided to release three tank cars in Alaska Railroad.

	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9324 [ATHG96503] Due Late October, 2010 Announced 5/17/2010 Retail Price: $39.98
	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9322 [ATHG96502] Due Late October, 2010 Announced 5/17/2010 Retail Price: $39.98
	HO GATC 20,000-Gallon GS Tank, ARR #9319 [ATHG96501] Due Late October, 2010 Announced 5/17/2010 Retail Price: $39.98

Well as usual Walthers has been a little premature on their release dates.
The Bachmann 89 Foot Colorado Ralicar’s released date have been re-listed as unknown.
Horizon Hobbies still has the date as early July, 2010

OK now Horizon has reset their release date to Early August, 2010. Well we have been waitting for a long time for these updated cars I guess we will have to wait another month longer.

Get ready to Crack open your piggy banks, Walthers now has set the expected date for the Colorado Railcars at 05, April 2010.
Also Horizon Hobby has moved the delivery date of the new Athearn ARR SD70mac’s to Late May, 2010.
On a brighter note Randy Thompson at Roundhouse Hobbies says that the HO scale Intermountain Bicentennial FP7′s are now in stock.