<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Members, <br> <br> I just purchased a few Walthers 48' trailers from eBay. Price sticker on them was $4.48 each. With shipping they cost me closer to $8.00 each which isn't too bad. I had 40' ones and 45' ones, but needed a few 48' ones for my period on the Santa Fe (1990-1995).<br> <br> I saw this post today. Look at the price increase on their trailers. Sure, they are assembled and probably have more detail, but is it necessary for most of use and purpose. <br> <br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2313" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff">Within the next few days, Walthers will be publicly announcing an all-new 40' Trailmobile trailer in HO scale. The artist rendering lookd pretty nifty, although mudflaps are not shown. Roads include Conrail Trailvan, Crab Orchard & Egyptian, IC, SF, B&M, and CWN Falcon. <font color="#ff6600">They will retail for $29.98 each.</font></font></big></b></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2312" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff"> </font></big></b></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2311" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff">Also in the July announcements, they are finally bringing back the HO 53' Stoughton, offered in two packs<font color="#330033"> (those are the type I bought,but the 48' ones)</font>. I have been working with Walthers on this for years, and it's finally coming to light. While most of the roadnames clash with the vintage of the trailer, it at least gives modelers some customizing possibilities. And finally, some sort of modern FedEx Freight that can be worked into today's hot pig trains. Roads include CR England, Ryder, FedEx Freight, Schneider, JB Hunt Intermodal, Swift, Landstar, and XTRA.</font></big></b></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2310" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff"> </font></big></b></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2309" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff">Lastly, they are re-releasing the HO 50' TTX Front Runner. Looks to be an identical run from previous years. Included trailers for these packs are XTRA (Invest in America), Conrail Trailvan, TransAmerica, BN, and SF.</font></big></b></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500926023500_2308" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><big><font color="#3333ff"> </font></big></b></div> Hard to say what the other items will retail for, but suppose you wanted to have 10 89' TOFC flats in your train. If you got 20 40' trailers, that would set you back $600 not to mention the cost of the flats. Probably the 10 car train would run up to $1,000 if you had to purchase retail today.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dean<br> </body> </html>