Milwaukee, Wis. - Walthers announces the release of several new roadnames for the N Scale Difco® Dump Car. This unique, ready-to-run car will be available in September 2007.

Difco Dump Cars are the railroad equivalent of a dump truck. Designed to carry up to 100 tons, they are fitted with large pneumatic cylinders and side discharge gates that allow materials to be dumped to the left or right of the tracks. While used primarily in work train service for dumping ballast, fill and rip rap, railroads use them in revenue service too. Most often, they're used to move sand, gravel, cinders, coal, fly ash, limestone and other loose bulk materials, making them suitable for mining, quarry and generating station scenes.

Walthers ready-to-run N Scale Difco Dump Cars feature a detailed, injection-molded styrene body mounted on a heavy diecast metal chassis with realistic hydraulic cylinder detail for a low center of gravity and reliable tracking. Details include fine-profile end stirrups and factory-installed wire handrails. Each car comes fully assembled and features Accumate® working knuckle couplers mounted on appropriate free-rolling trucks. Cars are available individually and in limited-run three-packs for a total of four roadnumbers per roadname; an undecorated version will also be available.

Difco Dump Cars, $14.98 Each:
932-8613 CP #455310
932-8614 Alaska #15804
932-8615 BN #965290
932-8616 MP† #55228
932-8617 UP† #908118
932-8618 KCS #474

Limited-Run Three-Packs, $43.98:
932-38613 CP #45351, #455416, #455449
932-38614 Alaska #15828, #15834, #15849
932-38615 BN #965193, #965229, #965264
932-38616 MP† #55107, #55140, #55235
932-38617 UP† #908106, #908114, #908125
932-38618 KCS #470, #473, #475

The new Walthers N Scale Difco Dump Cars will arrive in September 2007. For more information on Walthers and PROTO N products, or to locate a dealer, visit Walthers on the Internet at walthers.com. Call 414-527-0770 or write Walthers, P.O. Box 3039, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3039.

†Union Pacific licensed product.

Couplers made in China by Atlas Model Railroad Company under license from Accurail® Inc.