News & Reviews News New model trains for the week of December 1, 2016

New model trains for the week of December 1, 2016

By Angela Cotey | November 30, 2016

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

See the latest HO, N, and Z scale model railroading products announced this week!

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Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive
HO scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive. Illinois Terminal; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (four road numbers); Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern (two numbers); Norfolk & Western; and Southern Pacific (four numbers). Three road numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated. Railroad-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and positionable cab windows. Direct-current model, $134.98; with Ready-to-Roll Sound Digital Command Control decoder by SoundTraxx, $184.98. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-535-5551, www.athearn.com
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive
Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive. Southern Pacific; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern; Chesapeake & Ohio; Conrail; and Montana Rail Link (two paint schemes). Four road numbers per paint scheme; also available undecorated. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and RP-25 contour wheels. Direct-current model, $134.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami sound decoder, $184.98. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 310-763-7140, www.athearn.com
Accurail HO scale assorted freight car kits
Accurail HO scale assorted freight car kits
HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight car kits. Penn Central Pullman-Standard 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper, $19.98. Boston & Maine and New York, New Haven & Hartford United States Railroad Administration twin hopper, $16.98 each. Burlington Northern American Car & Foundry 4,600-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay Center Flow covered hopper, $18.98. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 40-foot Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar, $17.98. Great Northern Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar (two paint schemes) and 40-foot double-door boxcar (single car, $17.98; three-pack, $49.98). Soo Line 50-foot plug-door welded-side boxcar, $17.98. Southern Ry. 40-foot double-door boxcar, $17.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-6400, www.accurail.com
Athearn HO scale Pacific Car & Foundry 50-foot insulated boxcar
Athearn HO scale Pacific Car & Foundry 50-foot insulated boxcar
Pacific Car & Foundry 50-foot insulated boxcar. Burlington Northern, Conrail, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Illinois Central (Missouri Pacific patchout), Missouri Pacific (with Texas & Pacific reporting marks), and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco). Three road numbers per scheme. Detailed cushion underframe; separately applied door closure rods, metal grab irons, and etched-metal crossover platforms; and 70-ton roller-bearing trucks with rotating bearing caps. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 888-959-2307, www.athearn.com
Norfolk Southern class G-86R TopGon. With yellow reflective stripes, test roller bearings stencil, MW scrap tie loading stencil, and 1993 263K GRL scheme in three road numbers each; Roanoke Car Shop 25,000th Rebody Car in one number. Three numbers per scheme unless noted; three- and six-packs with yellow reflective stripes and 1993 263K GRL scheme also available. Injection-molded plastic body, wire grab irons and uncoupling levers, and 100-ton trucks with metal wheelsets. Single car, $39.95; three-pack, $119.85; and six-pack, $239.70. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
N scale freight cars
Norfolk Southern class G-86R TopGon. With yellow reflective stripes, test roller bearings stencil, MW scrap tie loading stencil, and 1993 263K GRL scheme in three road numbers each; Roanoke Car Shop 25,000th Rebody Car in one number. Three numbers per scheme unless noted; three- and six-packs with yellow reflective stripes and 1993 263K GRL scheme also available. Former BLMA tooling. Injection-molded plastic body, wire grab irons and uncoupling levers, and 100-ton trucks with metal wheelsets. Single car, $25.95; three-pack, $77.85; and six-pack, $155.70. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Assorted freight cars. Kansas City Southern 89-foot tri-level auto rack (125th anniversary scheme, one road number), $44.95. CSX 50-foot Airslide covered hopper, $27.95. St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) 40-foot plug-door boxcar, $30.90. Two numbers per scheme unless noted. Plastic wheelsets and Magne-Matic couplers. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trainsline.com
N scale passenger cars
70-foot heavyweight horse car. New paint scheme: Canadian National. Injection-molded plastic model with removable roof, plastic wheelsets, and Magne-Matic couplers. $29.95. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trainsline.com
70-foot heavyweight Railway Post Office car. New paint scheme: New York, New Haven & Hartford. Plastic wheelsets, Magne-Matic couplers, and clear window glazing. $29.95. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trainsline.com
Showcase Miniatures N scale 1950s Chevy trucks
Showcase Miniatures N scale 1950s Chevy trucks
N scale details and accessories
1950s Chevy trucks. 3100-series ½-ton flatbed truck and 3800-series 1-ton stakebed truck. White-metal kits with vacuum-formed windshield and decals. $14.95 each. Showcase Miniatures, 334-750-3276, www.showcaseminiatures.net
Showcase Miniatures N scale 1980s GMC 9500-series Brigadier short dump truck
Showcase Miniatures N scale 1980s GMC 9500-series Brigadier short dump truck
1980s GMC 9500-series Brigadier short dump truck. White-metal kit with vacuum-formed windshield and decals. $16.95 each. Showcase Miniatures, 334-750-3276, www.showcaseminiatures.net
Märklin Inc. Z scale Electro-Motive Division F7A-B-A diesel locomotive set
Märklin Inc. Z scale Electro-Motive Division F7A-B-A diesel locomotive set
Z scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division F7A-B-A diesel locomotive set. Denver & Rio Grande Western. A units have 5-pole motor powering both trucks; B unit is not powered. Three units are drawbar connected. Number boxes on A units are illuminated. Front and rear couplers can be replaced with pilot included with the model. $379.99. Märklin Inc., www.marklin.com
Decals
Assorted decals. Boxcar chalk markings and Southern Pacific Santa Fe hood and cab diesels (HO and N scales only). N scale, $6.75; HO scale, $8.25; and O scale, $8.50. Microscale Industries, 714-593-1422, www.microscale.com
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