News & Reviews News New model trains for the week of August 8, 2019

New model trains for the week of August 8, 2019

By Angela Cotey | August 5, 2019

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

See the latest HO and N scale model railroad items announced this week from Accurail, Athearn, Kadee, and more!

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HO scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division SD45-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet in four road numbers) and Conrail (blue in three numbers). Road-number-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $209.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami sound decoder, $299.98. January 2020. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars
Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars
HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Cancarb, Sid Richardson Carbon Co., and Columbian Chemicals Co. American Car & Foundry 4,600-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay Center Flow covered hopper (single car, $19.98; three-pack, $58.98). American Refrigerator Transit 40-foot steel refrigerator car (orange with Norfolk & Western and Missouri Pacific heralds), $18.98. Illinois Terminal 36-foot Fowler boxcar (Boxcar Red with oval herald), $18.98. Milwaukee Road Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar (Boxcar Red with “PC Compartmentizer” and “The Milwaukee Road” lettering), $18.98. New York, New Haven & Hartford 40-foot single-sheathed boxcar (Boxcar Red with “New Haven” lettering), $18.98. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo United States Railroad Administration two-bay hopper (black), $17.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with steel weight, plastic wheelsets, and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-1173, www.accurail.com

50-foot combination-door boxcar. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chinese Red with Fort Worth & Denver reporting marks); CP Rail (Action Red with Multimark herald); Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange and black); Milwaukee Road (brown with “The Milwaukee Road” herald); Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (dark blue); and St. Louis Southwestern (large “Cotton Belt” and “Hydra-Cushion” lettering). Three road numbers per scheme. Separately applied side and end ladders, RP-25 contour 33” metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $31.98. July 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

Three-dome tank car. Cook Paint & Varnish Co., Deep Rock, General American Transportation Corp., Shell Chemical Co., Sun Oils, and Union Tank Car. Three road numbers per scheme. Separately applied brake wheel, RP-25 contour metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $31.98. July 2020. Roundhouse line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

Kadee HO scale Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar
Kadee HO scale Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar
Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar. Chesapeake & Ohio (Built 1951, shopped 8-65). Injection-molded plastic with 8-foot Youngstown doors, metal wheels, and Kadee couplers. $37.95. Kadee Quality Products Co., 541-826-3883, www.kadee.com
N scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division SD70 diesel locomotive with Spartan cab. Canadian National (Illinois Central sublettering), Conrail (“Quality” lettering), Electro-Motive Diesel (GMTX demonstrator with Providence & Worcester and Vermont Ry. heralds and Electro-Motive Division demonstrator patchout in one number each; burgundy, silver, and gray demonstrator in three numbers), Illinois Central (white sill stripe in four numbers, yellow stripe in three numbers), National Ry. Equipment Co. (blue and gold), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme), and Southern Pacific Santa Fe (“Kodachrome” scheme). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Five-pole motor with flywheels, Celcon handrails, and nickel plated metal wheels. $139.98. July 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
N scale freight cars
40-foot three-bay hoppers with exterior posts. Alaska RR (Mineral Red), Conrail (gray), CSX (orange), Herzog (Mineral Red), Norfolk Southern (orange), RJ Corman (red), and Union Pacific (Maintenance-of-Way Green). Nine road numbers per scheme (single car and two four-packs). Removable load, RP-25 contour nickel silver wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. Single car, $26.98; four-pack, $104.98. July 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
N scale freight cars
40-foot three-bay hoppers with exterior posts. Alaska RR (Mineral Red), Conrail (gray), CSX (orange), Herzog (Mineral Red), Norfolk Southern (orange), RJ Corman (red), and Union Pacific (Maintenance-of-Way Green). Nine road numbers per scheme (single car and two four-packs). Removable load, RP-25 contour nickel silver wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. Single car, $26.98; four-pack, $104.98. July 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Xuron Corp. Model 2175B track cutter
Xuron Corp. Model 2175B track cutter
Tools
Model 2175B track cutter. For clean, square cuts on brass and nickel silver track in HO, N, and Z scales. Non-glare finish, Xuro-Rubber hand grips, and Light Touch return spring. $18.75. Xuron Corp., 207-283-1401, www.xuron.com
Illinois Central Gulf Decals assorted HO scale decals
Illinois Central Gulf Decals assorted HO scale decals
Decals
Assorted HO scale decals. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class HC-1B two-bay covered hopper (letters one car), $7. General American Transportation Corp. 8,000-gallon general-service tank cars (1948 to 1960s and 1960s to 1980s; each set letters two cars), $8 each. All decal sets are screen printed. Illinois Central Gulf Decals, www.icgdecals.com
Accurail HO scale Superior Body Co. 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar
Accurail HO scale Superior Body Co. 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar
Club offerings
Superior Body Co. 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar. Accurail HO scale kit custom decorated for the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society. One road number. $23.98 plus $7.90 shipping for one car or $9 for two or more cars to U.S. addresses, $17.25 shipping for any number of cars to Canada, or $27 shipping for any number of cars to other countries. Check or money order to Illini Chapter PCS, 918 W. Colfax St., Palatine, IL 60067
Accurail HO scale Superior Coach Corp. 40-foot double-door boxcar
Accurail HO scale Superior Coach Corp. 40-foot double-door boxcar
Superior Coach Corp. 40-foot double-door boxcar. Accurail HO scale kit custom decorated for the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society. One road number. $23.98 plus $7.90 shipping for one car or $9 for two or more cars to U.S. addresses, $17.25 shipping for any number of cars to Canada, or $27 shipping for any number of cars to other countries. Check or money order to Illini Chapter PCS, 918 W. Colfax St., Palatine, IL 60067
Halifax &  Southwestern 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar
Accurail HO scale Halifax & Southwestern 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar
Halifax & Southwestern 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar. Accurail HO scale kit custom decorated for the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society. One road number. $19.98 plus $7.90 shipping for one car or $9 for two or more cars to U.S. addresses, $17.25 shipping for any number of cars to Canada, or $27 shipping for any number of cars to other countries. Check or money order to Illini Chapter PCS, 918 W. Colfax St., Palatine, IL 60067
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