CDs and DVDs
Lionel Trains: A History in Advertising, 1946-1959. CD-ROM contains images of more than 100 vintage ads from the postwar era featuring Lionel trains and accessories. $14.95 plus shipping and handling. Archives of Advertising series. McBride/Publisher, thejumpingfrog.com
O Gauge Train Maintenance You Can Do, Part 1. All-new series has how-to segments wiring postwar accessories to a FasTrack layout; repairing, oiling, and lubricating postwar steam locomotives; and protecting locomotives from blowing a circuit board. Other features include fun items to collect that won’t cost a bundle, Jeff McComas singing railroad classics, and a visit to Wayne Koeble’s standard gauge layout. Narrated by Bob Phillips and Tom McComas. DVD only, 50 minutes. $14.99 plus shipping and handling. TM Books & Videos Inc., 219-879-2822, tmbv.com
Club offerings
36th National Garden Railroad Convention car. USA Trains 1:24 scale American Series CSX bulkhead flatcar with Nashville Hand Sanitizer Co. tank load. Two road numbers (2020 and 2021). Cars will only be produced if 150 cars are pre-ordered and paid for in full by February 22, 2021. If demand exceeds 150 cars, production run will be increased to match the number of cars ordered. $85 each plus $12 shipping. Please e-mail ngrcnashville@gmail.com for international shipping charges. Cars can be ordered online at ngrc2021.com
Union Pacific flatcar with Broguiere’s Dairy 1950s Divco milk vans. Menards O gauge flatcar with two die-cast metal vehicles. Flatcar is compatible with all three-rail track and features operating couplers, metal wheels, plastic body, and detailed underbody. Milk vans, which can be removed from flatcar, are 1:43 scale and have a die-cast metal body, rolling vinyl tires, printed graphics, and chrome accessories. Limited run of 300 cars. $99.95 each plus $12.95 domestic shipping for one car, $16.95 shipping for two cars, and $2 for each additional car. Fall 2021 delivery. Check or money order only to TCA Western Division. Wayne S. Sheriff, 4436 Avenida de Las Flores, Yorba Linda, CA 92886; tcawestern.org/broguieres.pdf
