Electro-Motive Division SD70 diesel locomotive with Spartan cab. Canadian National (Illinois Central sublettering, two road numbers), Conrail (“Quality” lettering, four numbers), Illinois Central (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, with yellow sill stripe in three numbers), and Norfolk Southern (Conrail Quality patchout in two numbers, Thoroughbred scheme in four numbers). Road-number-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $229.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $319.98. July 2020. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
50-foot flatcar. Alaska RR, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Illinois Central, maintenance of way, Monon, National Railways of Mexico, and Penn Central. Three road numbers per scheme. Plastic stakes, RP-25 contour metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $28.98. July 2020. Roundhouse line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper. American Car & Foundry (gray with reporting marks only), Burlington Northern (gray with black reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (gray with multi-color bar-and-ball herald and black “CNW” lettering), Montana Rail Link (gray with red and blue lettering and white herald), Norfolk Southern (gray with black herald), Southern Pacific (gray with billboard lettering), Western Maryland (gray with circus lettering), Winchester & Western (gray with maroon lettering), and Union Pacific (gray with shield herald). Six road numbers per scheme; also available painted gray with data only. Injection-molded plastic with separate, factory-applied details, metal wheelsets, and metal couplers. $39.95. InterMountain Railway Co., 303-772-1901, www.intermountain-railway.com
Pennsylvania RR class X58 boxcar. Conrail (1979 Lehigh Valley X58 restencil in one road number, 1976 Lehigh Valley X58 restencil in one number, 1976 X58 repaint in three numbers, and 1998 X58B restencil with New York Central reporting marks in one number), Penn Central (1974 X58B repaint in three numbers and 1974 X58 green restencil in two numbers), and Pennsylvania RR (1965 X58B in six road numbers). Also available painted Pennsylvania RR Freight Car Red, Penn Central Green, and Conrail Red but unlettered and as undecorated kit. Prototype-specific details, 70-ton American Steel Foundries Ride Control roller-bearing trucks with CNC machined 33” metal wheelsets, and Kadee scale couplers. $44.95 (kit, $38.95). Tangent Scale Models, 828-279-6106, www.tangentscalemodels.com
Assorted Barber freight car trucks. S-2-A 70-ton solid-bearing truck, S-2-C 70-ton roller-bearing truck, and S-2-C solid-bearing truck. Plastic sideframes feature raised lettering. With standard tread metal wheelsets (.110”), $6.99 per pair; with semi-scale metal wheelsets (.088”), $7.99 per pair. Moloco, www.molocotrains.com
50-foot plug-door boxcar. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (large circle-cross herald and billboard Santa Fe lettering); Burlington Northern (1991 scheme); BNSF Ry. (circle-cross herald); Golden West Service; Iowa Northern; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); and St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt). Three road numbers per scheme. Former Model Die Casting (Roundhouse) tooling with separate brake wheel, metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry couplers. $24.98. July 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
TTX 89-foot flatcar with M1 Abrams tank loads. Brown car with TTX reporting marks or yellow car with black TTX logo. Each flatcar features two Z-Panzer M1 Abrams tank loads with positionable turret in desert sand. Flatcars have metal wheels and AutoLatch couplers. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Code 80 N scale Customline turnouts. No. 8 left and right. Can be operated with under-the-table switch machines or manual ground throws. Cast-metal frog can be powered. $18.95 each. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
