New Athearn announcements

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

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The late style tank train is very tempting. Has anyone on Big Blue run twelve or more on their layout? Any issues running them?

[Green_Elite_Cab]

I haven't finished building all of them but I have almost 12 of the MDC Quakerstate Tank-Train cars. The Athearn models may be derived from these old MDC kits. I have about 4 running, and I haven't experience any problems. The hoses were flexible enough to not create trouble. Other than that they run like any other HO tank car.

[MountainMan]

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The late style tank train is very tempting. Has anyone on Big Blue run twelve or more on their layout? Any issues running them?

These are the ones that can be unloaded via connection with either the first or last car only, right? The tanks are all interconnected in series?

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

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[Brakie]

The only thing that aught my eye was the Railgons..I need 2-3 more..Of course finding the older kits or finding them on the use market would cancel any RTR sales.