Alco C-420 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Phase I: Delaware & Hudson and Delaware-Lackawanna (Lehigh Valley heritage scheme), one road number each. Phase II: Delaware & Hudson (Lehigh & Hudson River patchout, one number), Long Island Rail Road (high short hood in as-delivered and retro schemes, three numbers each), and Ohio Central (one number each). New numbers. Phase I: Lehigh & Hudson River (two numbers) and Lehigh Valley (three numbers). Phase II: Lehigh & Hudson River (one number) and Monon (three numbers). Re-issue. Phase I: Delaware-Lackawanna no. 405. Undecorated models also available (phase I with low short hood, phase II with high and low short hoods). Prototype-specific details, separately applied detail parts, and golden white light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model, $169.95; with dual-mode ESU LokSound Select sound decoder, $279.95. Fourth quarter 2018. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Assorted freight cars. New York Central American Car & Foundry 4,600-cubic-foot capacity three-bay Center Flow covered hopper (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Baltimore & Ohio 50-foot offset-side two-bay hopper, $17.98. Canadian National 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $17.98. Delaware & Hudson 40-foot single-sheathed boxcar, $17.98. Denver & Rio Grande Western 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car, $18.98. Illinois Central Gulf 50-foot double-door boxcar, $17.98. Michigan Central 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with steel ends and fish-belly underframe, $17.98. Norfolk & Western 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with wood ends and straight underframe, $17.98. Western Maryland Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar, $17.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-6400, www.accurail.com
Pullman-Standard 60-foot PS-1 boxcar. New paint schemes: Chicago Great Western (“Lucky Strike” herald in one road number), Grand Trunk Western (Boxcar Red and Blue schemes), Illinois Central Gulf (five numbers), and Rock Island. New road numbers: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Super Shock Control” lettering); Baltimore & Ohio (“Cushioned Underframe” lettering and capitol dome herald); Chesapeake & Ohio (“Cushioned Underframe” lettering and C&O for Progress herald); Milwaukee Road (billboard lettering); Southern Ry. (“Southern Serves the South” slogan); and Union Pacific (yellow). Six numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated. Metal wheels and Kadee couplers. $42.95. October/November 2018. InterMountain Railway Co., 800-472-2530, www.intermountain-railway.com
Alco C-420 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Phase I: Delaware & Hudson and Delaware-Lackawanna (Lehigh Valley heritage scheme), one road number each. Phase II: Delaware & Hudson (Lehigh & Hudson River patchout, one number), Long Island Rail Road (high short hood in as-delivered and retro schemes, three numbers each), and Ohio Central (one number each). New numbers. Phase I: Lehigh & Hudson River (two numbers) and Lehigh Valley (three numbers). Phase II: Lehigh & Hudson River (one number) and Monon (three numbers). Re-issue. Phase I: Delaware-Lackawanna no. 405. Undecorated models also available (phase I with low short hood, phase II with high and low short hoods). Prototype-specific details, painted safety rails, and Scale Speed motor with dual flywheels. Direct-current model, $139.95; with ESU LokSound Digital Command Control sound decoder, $249.95. Fourth quarter 2018. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
17,600-gallon corn syrup tank cars. New paint schemes: Archer Daniels Midland (molecule logo), Cargill Foods (“Corn sweeteners” lettering), and General American Transportation. New road numbers: Minnesota Corn Processors Bulk Products Division (SYRX reporting marks), NJ Transit (“Non potable water only” lettering in two numbers), and Union Tank Car Co. (“Corn Products” lettering). Four numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated (three body styles). Separately applied brake detail, 100-ton roller-bearing trucks, and Accumate couplers. $34.95 (undecorated, $28.95). Third quarter 2018. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Association of American Railroads 50-foot double-door boxcar. New paint schemes: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Boxcar Red with “The Katy Serves the Southwest” slogan) and Union Pacific (“Road of the Streamliners”). New road numbers: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (“Everywhere West” slogan); Erie (“Automobile” and “Furniture” lettering); Rock Island (Boxcar Red); New York Central (“Automobile” lettering); Louisville & Nashville (reporting marks only); Norfolk & Western (road name spelled out); New York, New Haven & Hartford (orange); and Pennsylvania RR (“Automobile” lettering and circle keystone herald). Six numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (plastic wheelsets and no couplers, $16.95). Metal wheelsets. $26.95. October/November 2018. InterMountain Railway Co., 800-472-2530, www.intermountain-railway.com
70-ton nine-panel three-bay hopper. New paint schemes: Alaska RR (billboard lettering) and Canadian National (“wet noodle” herald). New road numbers: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O for Progress herald, four numbers), Norfolk & Western (large N&W), Peabody Coal Co. (yellow, four numbers), and Southern Ry. (Roman lettering). Two numbers per scheme unless noted, also available undecorated. Removable coal load, flat or arched ends as appropriate, and die-cast metal trucks. $64.95 (undecorated, $55.95). Third quarter 2018. Trainman line. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
I would appreciate some dates of original manufacture of the prototype equipment for proper eras of operation, just a personal preference.