HEAVY HAULING: Menards isn’t wasting any time coming up with loads for its O gauge 60-foot flatcars. Four additions to the roster are coming soon, three with a helicopter load and one with a missile load (no. 279-3090 shown). The cars will sell for $39.99 each plus shipping. Free shipping to your local Menards store. Order online at www.menards.com
A CUP AND A SINKER: Your railroad is a busy place and the new E-Z Street “Hot Joe ’n Dough” food truck will keep your 1:48 scale workers fed and happy. The O gauge vehicle operates on both E-Z Street roadways (16- and 21-inch-diameter curves) as well as three-rail train track. The truck costs $99.95. See your Williams by Bachmann retailer or go to www.bachmanntrains.com to order.
3:10 TO FORT WAYNE: The new semi-scale 4-6-2 Pacific from Williams by Bachmann is available now. The model operates on O-31 or wider-diameter curves and features a die-cast metal boiler and chassis, a can-style motor, a smoke unit, a headlight and backup light, and the True Blast Plus polyphonic sound system. Road names include New York Central, Santa Fe, Southern Ry., and Wabash (shown above). The O gauge model costs $599.95. See your Williams by Bachmann retailer or go to www.bachmanntrains.com to order.
"A cup and a sinker?" Thank goodness there's someone besides me who calls plain doughnuts sinkers! I feel like less of a dinosaur!