Photos of the pilot models are now up.

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The SDP45’s and the surprises missed their flight to Springfield. Thanks very much US Customs, feeling good about the taxes we pay. Anyway we will have photos of the SDP45’s up this weekend. They have some unique features never seen before on a brass model (see through steps). Will also post photos of the SP and Rock Island Econonmy Baggage cars and the ACF 10-6 transcontinental pool sleepers. Sorry about the no show models this weekend….. sigh

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Please stop by and visit our good friends Brian and Missy Marsh at the Overland Models booth during the upcoming Amherst Model Railroad show in Springfield, Massachusetts the weekend of January 30 and 31. They will be displaying UTI models and we should have production samples of the SDP45 for your review. There have been over 100 changes implemented on the models since the NMRA and SPHTS shows last year. Delivery is set for late February. We will also have pilot samples of our upcoming run of SP and Rock Island economy baggage cars and transcontinental pool sleepers.

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We hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season with a safe and prosperous New Year. By now most of you have received your cars from our first passenger train project. We have had some very positive feedback, thank you! We have a few of the single cars remaining as well as a couple of sets. Please see your dealer before they are all gone. Our SDP45 project is on track for a February 2010 delivery and we are closing quantities before the end of the year. If you are interested in any of these models please see your dealer soon. There will be very few extras built and we don’t exepect them to last long.

Chuck and Ed

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Thank you for your patience. As you know a number of our first project cars required a return trip to Korea for corrections to inter-car electrical connections and window shades. We are happy to report the cars were air shipped back from Korea yesterday (12/1) and are exepcted in Muncie, In. Thursday. They will be inspected and shipping to dealers should commence late this week and early next week. We are truly sorry for the delay. We trust you will be pleased with the results. We have a few of the single cars remaining as well as couple of each version of the sets. Please see your dealer before they are all gone.

We wish you all a very happy and safe Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year.

The Union Terminal Team

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If you are headed to Trainfest this upcoming weekend. Please stop by the Overland booth. Brian and Missy will have copies of our first project production models for review at their booth. A big Thank You! to our friends from Muncie.

http://www.trainfest.com/

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Prior to shipping the first project passenger cars/trains we uncovered a couple of minor issues that needed correcting before they ship. Models are being corrected and are expected to be shipped around November 19th. We are very sorry for the delay but know you will appreciate the correction.

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Check out some videos of the first run passenger cars on YouTube. We are very pleased with the models. We hope you like them as much as we do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WOeJ4wYZQI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07HBgP8WwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-0wPFAdB0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lv4d6_JDxA

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The production models have arrived. We will be inspecting them over the course of the next week or so and then they will be headed out to your dealer. We have a few models that are not yet spoken for.

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We are working on another new freight car project. The Ortner version of DODX heavy-duty six axle flat cars. These are very unique cars that were built in the mid 1980’s and are used to haul heavy military (usually tracked) vehicles. They can also be configured to carry single level standard ocean going containers. We have posted a couple of photos and have original prototype fabrication drawings in hand. We will offer this model in a number of road numbers for those that may want to do a unit train of military equipment. We are researching the Thrall and FGE versions of this car as well and may include them if appropriate research material can be obtained.

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