General Electric B23-7 diesel locomotive
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with factory-installed speaker, $179.95 (undecorated, $169.95); with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder, $289.95 (undecorated, $279.95)
Era: 1977 to present (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com
General Electric B23-7 diesel locomotive features:
- Pilots with and without anti-climber
- Cab- or nose-mounted headlights as appropriate
- Bell mounted under the sill or on the long hood
- FB-2, AAR type B, or Blomberg truck sideframes as appropriate
- Accumate couplers
- Etched-metal radiator grills
- Painted crew members
- Available now
Road Names: New paint schemes. Minnesota Commercial (red and white); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue-and-yellow warbonnet in three road numbers); Conrail (with and without white sill stripe); and Finger Lakes Ry. (black, gray, and white). New road numbers. Metro-North Commuter RR (blue, red, and silver), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scarlet-and-gray scheme in three numbers), and Southern Ry. (“Tuxedo” scheme with high short hood in three numbers). Two numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated (Phase I and II, both with low short hood).
Company information: Atlas Model Railroad Co. produces model train equipment in HO, N, O, and Z scales. The company’s headquarters are in Hillside, N.J.
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