Santa Fe that is! AZL has announced four new items for December. Santa Fe fans rejoice! The first release is ATSF bi-level auto-racks. This is the first release of ATSF autoracks in Z scale. Two runner packs and two singles have been released. The fist set is item 90205-3. The road numbers are: 89006, 89013, 89025, 89039. The second set is item 90205-4. The road numbers are: 89059, 89075, 89079, 89093. The MSRP is $131.00 each. The first single is item 91205-3. The road number is 89000. The second single is item 91205-4. The road number is 89105. The MSRP is $38.00 each. Quantities are highly limited for both the runner packs and single of the ATSF auto-racks. AZL has released ATSF ACF 3-bay covered hoppers. A runner pack and a single has been released. The runner pack is item 90315-1. The road numbers are: 313997, 314014, 314018, 314043. The MSRP is $119.00. Quantities are limited for the runner packs. The single is item 91315-1. The road number is 314037. The MSRP is $32.00. A runner pack of Cargil (CRGX) 23,000 gallon funnel flow tank cars have been released. This is the 2nd release of CRGX tank cars. The paint scheme is slightly different from the previous version. The runner pack is item 90504-2. The MSRP is $113.00. Also new for December is a Norfolk Southern bay-window caboose. Two road numbers have been released. The caboose is item 92005. The road numbers are 385 and 387. The MSRP is $64.00. There is only 4 weeks remaining to order 60' high-cubes at 50% off! Supplies are getting limited! Rob Kluz
Why are quantities so limited on these autoracks? They sell out instantly everywhere and that makes it very difficult for us newbies to go back and get one if we missed it.
Dave, what you are seeing the remainder of the first series of bi-level autoracks. The bi-level quantities were locked into place years ago which is why we are set with the numbers you see. When AZL releases the tri-levels, we expect high quantities. Though the SP and UP did sell out right away, I checked a few dealers and they show the CSX still in stock. Actually, we had CSX still available as of this week. As for the ATSF, these are not sold out as of yet. Contact your authorized AZL dealer to order. If you are looking for an AZL dealer, please contact as offline and we would be happy to refer you to dealers who have these in stock. For UP fans, we will be releasing tri-levels which will have a different lettering than that of the bi-levels. Rob
