Denver & Rio Grande Western HOn3 class C-19 2-8-0 steam locomotive. Preproduction sample shown. Denver & Rio Grande, Denver & Rio Grande Western (five paint schemes), Rio Grande Southern, and painted black but unlettered (two versions). $349 ($439 with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control and sound). Blackstone Models, 970-259-0690, www.blackstonemodels.com
General American 20,000-gallon general-service tank car. Alaska RR and General American (with and without “Service Driven” logos, white and black paint schemes). Three road numbers each; also available undecorated. Photo-etched metal platforms; prototype-specific outlets, fittings, and brake system; and 100-ton trucks with rotating bearing caps. $39.98. January 2011. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 310-763-7140, www.athearn.com
Jackson & Sharp open-platform coach. HOn3. Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pullman Green, six road numbers) and painted Pullman Green but unlettered. $97.95 each. Denver & Rio Grande Western “Silverton” three-pack, $280. Detailed interior and underbody and electrical pickup wipers on trucks. Spring 2011. Ready-to-run. Blackstone Models, 970-259-0690, www.blackstonemodels.com
Scrap yard details. Junk automobiles row ($16.98), flattened cars ($16.98), junk truck row ($16.98), miscellaneous scrap pile ($16.98), railroad scrap pile ($12.98), scrap metal bales ($12.98), and tire pile ($12.98). Factory painted and weathered resin castings. February-March 2011. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Electro-Motive Division SD45 diesel locomotive. Preproduction model shown. Denver & Rio Grande Western; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme); and Great Northern (Big Sky Blue and “Hustle Muscle” schemes). Two road numbers each. Upgraded split-frame mechanism, five-pole motor with brass flywheels, and blackened metal wheels. Direct- current model, $105. With Digital Command Control decoder, $145. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9574, www.katousa.com
Assorted freight cars. United States Army 55-foot cylindrical hopper, Boston & Maine 40-foot boxcar, and Alaska RR 40-foot single-dome tank car. Magnetic knuckle couplers. Painted in the United States of America. $9.98. Ready-to-run. Model Power, 631-694-7022, www.modelpower.com
Granny’s House. Factory-assembled and painted structure with bicycles, propane tank, and trellis. Measures 1-16″ x 2-11/32″ x 3″. $59.99. Built & Ready series. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Assorted structures. Honeywell Saloon; bank; barber shop; general store; and jail, post office, morgue, and marshall’s office ($120). Factory assembled, painted, and weathered resin buildings. $80 each unless noted. Grand Central Gems, 801-891-7255, www.grandcentralgems.com
Harz Narrow Gauge Railways V BR199 diesel locomotive. $359.99. Fourth quarter 2010. Ready-to-run. Piko America LLC, 619-280-2800, www.piko-america.com
Fish market. Laser-cut micro-plywood kit. $44.95. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trains.com
Electronics/controls
HO scale sound decoder. For Atlas Trainman Plus National Railway Equipment GenSet. Dual-mode decoder with three distinct engine sounds, front and rear replacement ditch light boards for alternating ditch lights, extra accessory light tabs for roof-mounted strobe light, 28 functions, and two- or four-digit addressing. $102.98. December 2010. Model Rectifier Corp., 732-225-2100, www.modelrectifier.com
Phoenix palm trees. 1-1/2″ (six-pack, $12); 2″ (four-pack, $15); 2-1/2″ (four-pack, $18); 3″ (three-pack, $15.75); 4″ (two-pack, $16); 6″ (single tree, $12); and 8″ (single tree, $14). Professional Series. Produced by JTT Scenery Products, distributed by Model Rectifier Corp., 732-225-2100, www.modelrectifier.com
Track gauges. HO scale: Curvetrackit (18″, 24″, 30″, and 36″ radius curves). Single gauge, $12. Three-piece set, $36. Extratrackit (for double-track lines on 2-1/2″ centers). Single gauge, $5. Two-pack $10. Mixed pack (one each 24″, 30″, and 36″ Trackit; 18″ Straightrackit; and Extratrackit), $53. Straightrackit (18″, $12. 36″ aluminum, $12. 36″ two-piece set, $24). N scale: Curvetrackit (11″, 15″, and 19″ radius curves). Single gauge, $9. Three-piece set, $27. Extratrackit (for double-track lines on 1.25″ centers). Single gauge, $4. Two-pack $8. Mixed pack (one each 11″, 15″, and 19″ Curvetrackit; Extratrackit; and 14″ Straightrackit), $43. Straightrackit (14″, $12. 28″ aluminum, $12. 28″ two-piece set, $24). All gauges made from high-grade plastic except where noted. JMD Plastics, 920-865-1219, www.jmdplastics.yolasite.com
Scratchbuilding supplies
Styrene sheets. Black: .020″, .030″, .040″, and .060″. 6 x 12- and 8 x 21-inch sheets. $.72 to $4.60 per sheet. Clear: .005″, .010″, and .020″. Available in 6 x 12- and 12 x 24-inch sheets. $.72 to $4.70 per sheet. White: .010″ (opaque and translucent), .015″, .020″, .030″, .040″, .060″, .080″, .100″, and .125″. Available in 6 x 12-, 8 x 21-, 11 x 14-, and 12 x 24-inch sheets. $.50 to $11.25 per sheet. JMD Plastics, 920-865-1219, www.jmdplastics.yolasite.com
Weathering supplies
Weathering pigment powders. Brown iron oxide, burnt sienna, burnt umber, carbon black, chrome oxide green, dark red ochre, dark slate gray, dark yellow ochre, green earth, light sienna, light slate gray, light yellow ochre, natural iron oxide, natural sienna, natural umber, and titanium white. 30ml bottles. $4.50 each. Produced by Vallejo Paints, distributed by Stevens International, 800-922-0758, www.stevenshobby.com
The new products look to be interesting , Iike the fact that you review more than just modern equipment. Sometimes I feel that all of the manufactures what to build is the most modern engines and cars and not deal with the cars and engines of 50's ,60's and 70's. Keep it up.
Thanks for the great coverage of these events. One thing I noticed about the description of new locomotives, especially in "N" scale, is that you do not tell what brand of decoder is in the decoder equiped locomotives. I think this would be helpful to us readers when we purchase these locomotives.
Keep up the good work!
Your coverage of these events and the details that you go to just get better, and better all the time. I subscribe to a number of different magazines, however your video articles put you years ahead of the rest.
I have shown a number of of these to friends, and now have a fellow and his 2 sons getting set up in H O. As well, they are using some of the advertisers to obtain items.
Please keep up the out standing work.