New model trains for the week of September 24, 2020

HO scale locomotives
Southern Pacific classes AC-4 and AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotives. Both classes offered in fantasy Daylight scheme, with black boiler with Southern Pacific lettering in two numbers, and with gray boiler with Southern Pacific Lines lettering. One number per scheme unless noted; also available painted but unlettered (AC-4 with black boiler and AC-5 with gray boiler). Plastic body, die-cast metal chassis, dual-mode Paragon3 sound decoder, and traction tires. $599.99. October 2020. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, broadway-limited.com

Canadian Pacific RS-18u diesel locomotive. Bath & Hammondsport (2013-present, one road number), CP Rail (with [1980-1998] and without [1986-1998] Multimark, five numbers each), Minnesota Commercial (1999-present, two numbers), New Brunswick East Coast (1998-2008, two numbers), Ontario Southland (2006-present, three numbers), Ottawa Central (1998-2008, three numbers), and Western New York & Pennsylvania (2018-present, one number). Operating headlights, rear lights, tri-color class lights, and ditch lights; illuminated cab control stand; and metal handrails with plastic stanchions. Direct-current model with 21-pin connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $225; with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder, $335. Scheduled for release in 2021. Rapido Trains Inc., 905-474-3314, rapidotrains.com

HO scale freight cars
Gunderson Maxi-III five-unit well car. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern; Ferromex; Southern Pacific; and TTX (black-and-white and “Forward Thinking” logos). Three road numbers per scheme. Body-mounted McHenry scale couplers and 33” and 38” nickel silver wheelsets. Five-car set, $154.98. August 2021. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, athearn.com

Ortner five-bay rapid-discharge hopper. The Andersons (red and black schemes with ITGX reporting marks, single car and five-pack), Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia (single car and five-pack), Energy Development Co. (black), Holly Sugar (white with ITGX marks), Helm Leasing (The Colorado & Wyoming Railway Co. lettering, single car and two five-packs); and Omaha Public Power (blue), and South Mississippi Electric Power (green). Single car and three five-packs per scheme unless noted. Removable load (sugar beet or coal as appropriate), wire grab irons and side ladders, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. Single car, $41.98; five-pack, $199.98. August 2021. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, athearn.com

Union Pacific class CA-9 caboose. Early slogan, pool service stencil, 14” reporting marks and road number, and 8” Union Pacific lettering, and as-built and modernized cupola windows as appropriate in three road numbers; maintenance-of-way office car painted Kenefick Green in one number; and later rectangular slogan boards, pool service stencil, and modernized windows in two numbers. Without sound, $109.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar, $149.98. August 2021. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, athearn.com

1937 Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar. New paint schemes: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (brown with “The Route of Phoebe Snow” slogan); Lehigh Valley (brown with black roof); New York, New Haven & Hartford (black, orange, and white); Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (brown with New York Central System herald and “Serves the Steel Centers” slogan); Union Pacific (brown with “Serves All the West” slogan); Wabash (brown with “Follow the Flag” slogan); and Western Pacific (green and yellow with “Merchandise Dispatch” lettering). New road numbers: Maine Central (green with “The Pine Tree Route” slogan) and Southern Pacific (brown with billboard lettering and black-and-white Southern Pacific Lines herald). Three numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Injection-molded plastic kit with molded ladders and grab irons and one piece underframe with brake detail. $19.95 (undecorated, $17.95). Second quarter 2021. Trainman series. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, atlasrr.com

Bethlehem Steel Co. F68-series 100-ton 68-foot flatcars. F68CH: Trailer Train (1970+ as-delivered scheme and 1991+ speed logo, both with TTMX reporting marks in four road numbers each). F68DH: Trailer Train (1971+/1973+ as-delivered scheme and 1991+ speed lettering, both with TTJX marks in four numbers each). Both versions also available undecorated. Modeler-installed laser-cut wood deck, recessed deck tie-down details, vertical handbrake staff with brake wheel, 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details, and die-cast metal semi-scale long-shank Type E couplers. $43.99. Scheduled for release in spring 2021. ScaleTrains.com, 844-987-2467, scaletrains.com

HO scale passenger equipment
Pennsylvania RR Fleet of Modernism smooth-side passenger cars. 85-foot coach with lighted interior (three car numbers), 72-foot baggage car (one number, $67), and 85-foot observation car with lighted interior (Juniata Narrows). Injection-molded plastic with non-magnetic, blackened-brass axles with needle-point bearings; Celcon trucks; and E-Z Mate couplers. $79 unless noted. Silver Series. Bachmann Trains, 215-533-1600, bachmanntrains.com

Pennsylvania RR class P70 heavyweight passenger car. Canadian National (green-and-black fantasy scheme); Central RR of New Jersey (Blue Comet fantasy scheme), Maine Central (green fantasy scheme), Merry Christmas (red and green, single car only), New York Central (two-tone gray fantasy scheme), Pennsylvania RR (1931-1937 scheme without air conditioning; 1939-1941 scheme without air conditioner, and 1945-1948 scheme with ice air conditioning), and Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line (1940s scheme without air conditioner). Two single cars and two two-packs per scheme unless noted. Injection-molded plastic with separate, factory-applied details; detailed, illuminated interiors; and clear window glazing. Single car, $89.99; two-pack, $174.99. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, broadway-limited.com

HO scale details and accessories
Assorted details. Battery vaults (four-pack, $6.95). Battery tubs/wells (four-pack, $5.95). Unpainted pewter castings. Showcase Miniatures, 334-750-3276, showcaseminiatures.net

N scale freight cars
70-ton ore car. New paint schemes: Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (brown with conspicuity stripes); Canadian National (brown with “wet noodle” herald); Canadian Pacific (black with “CP Rail” lettering); Great Northern (brown); Milwaukee Road (brown with “Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific” lettering); and Union Pacific (silver with red lettering). Three road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Solid- or roller-bearing trucks as appropriate, plastic wheelsets, and Accumate couplers. $18.95 (undecorated, $14.95). Second quarter 2021. Trainman series. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, atlasrr.com