AMERICAN Z LINE
December 2020 New Releases Part 1
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NEW BODY STYLE ¨C R-70-20 REEFERS
First road name - Great Northern
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?The cars were built by Pacific Car and Foundry in Benton, WA.
The R-70-20 designation stands for a reefer with 70 ton capacity. The 20
designates with was the twenty design in the builders reefer series. The cars
are a direct derivative of the PFE reefer design. They represent the last major
release of this design of cars. In 1969, 1,200 of these cars were delivered,
with an additional 1,200 delivered in 1970. Initially the cars were delivered
in PFE?lettering.
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Throughout the years, the cars would be sold off and
repainted for new owners and roads. The 1980s saw the biggest change as the
SP?and UP split the operations on the PFE. The SP?would retain the PFE?trade
name and their cars would be lettered for SPFE. The UP?would choose to
completely repaint their cars in the armor yellow scheme, and later all white
after the SP?and UP?merged in 1996.
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The second largest operator of these cars was the BNSF. The
BNSF?would build through their collection through the absorption of roads such
as the Burlington Northern and Great Northern. It is important to note that
these cars continue to be operated currently. The dependability and reliability
are a driving factor for their prolonged use.
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AZL is releasing Great Northern as the first road name. A
four-pack, two-pack and single car are available.
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GN R-70-20 Reefer 9001, 9003, 9004, 9013 Set
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GN R-70-20 Reefer 9012, 9015 Two-pack
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GN R-70-20 Reefer 9019 Single
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ALCO RS3 - Great Northern
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The GN prototype
details include: Phase I body, corner stacked number boards, ALCO AAR trucks,
dual bulb headlight, three chime aft cab mounted airhorn, crosswise smokestack
and 800 gallon fuel tank.
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63300-1
Great Northern RS3 221
63300-2
Great Northern RS3 222
63300-3
Great Northern RS3 223
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These
popular locomotives feature a 7mm coreless
motor, dual flywheels, traction tires, built in pilot, directional controller
LEDs, body mount couplers. The coupler box is screwed in placed.
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EMD GP38-2s ¨C ATSF ¨C 2020 Rebuild
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The
first run GP38-2s are back! The shells are from the first run of GP38-2s. The
chassis is the 2020 version. We have rebuilt these locos and are excited to be
able to offer them again. Supplies are limited!
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62509-1R
ATSF GP38-2 2372
62509-2R
ATSF GP38-2 2374
62509-3R
ATSF GP38-2 2379
62509-4R
ATSF GP38-2 2380
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The
AZL EMD GP38-2s feature coreless motor, dual flywheels, traction tires,
standard PCB board, DCC ready, directional controlled LEDs, and AutoLatch TM
couplers.
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See the American Z Line site for more information on these and
other AZL products.
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Rob Kluz
Ztrack Distribution
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Ztrack Magazine Ltd.
Distributor for American Z Line
Full Throttle & Rokuhan
Authorized MTL,?InterMountain?
and Tenshodo dealer.
6142 Northcliff Blvd
Dublin OH 43016
(614) 764-1703
