HO scale locomotives
General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (faded Heritage II in three road numbers, patch repair Heritage III in one number, and Heritage III in two numbers), CSX (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, Western Maryland heritage unit in one number), and Norfolk Southern (with Positive Train Control in four numbers). Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current model with 21-pin plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $229.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound decoder, $319.98. January 2020. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (faded Heritage II in three road numbers, patch repair Heritage III in one number, and Heritage III in two numbers), CSX (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, Western Maryland heritage unit in one number), and Norfolk Southern (with Positive Train Control in four numbers). Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current model with 21-pin plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $229.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 sound decoder, $319.98. January 2020. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Accurail HO scale assorted freight cars
HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Chicago, South Shore & South Bend 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $18.98. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic 41-foot steel gondola (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Great Northern 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar, double-sheathed refrigerator car, and single-sheathed boxcar (single cars, $18.98 to $19.98; three-pack, $56.98). Northern Refrigerator Car Co./Banana Distributing Co. 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car, $19.98. Southern Pacific (GARX reporting marks) 50-foot riveted-side plug-door boxcar, $18.98. Toledo & Ohio Central 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with wood ends and straight underframe, $18.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-1173, www.accurail.com
Assorted freight cars. Chicago, South Shore & South Bend 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $18.98. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic 41-foot steel gondola (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Great Northern 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar, double-sheathed refrigerator car, and single-sheathed boxcar (single cars, $18.98 to $19.98; three-pack, $56.98). Northern Refrigerator Car Co./Banana Distributing Co. 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car, $19.98. Southern Pacific (GARX reporting marks) 50-foot riveted-side plug-door boxcar, $18.98. Toledo & Ohio Central 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with wood ends and straight underframe, $18.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-1173, www.accurail.com
Pullman-Standard 5,344-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar. Bangor & Aroostook; Lamoille Valley; Montreal, Maine & Atlantic; St. Marys RR; and Union Pacific (BKTY reporting marks). Three road numbers per scheme. Etched-metal crossover platforms, RP-25 contour 33” metal wheels, and McHenry scale couplers. $32.98. January 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale American Car & Foundry 89’-4” flatcar
American Car & Foundry 89’-4” flatcar. New paint schemes: APL (red “Linetrain” scheme) and Burlington Northern (Cascade Green). New road numbers: Great Northern (Big Sky Blue), Southern Pacific (brown), Trailer Train (yellow with TTCX reporting marks), and TTX Co. (yellow with RTTX marks). Four numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (three versions). Two hitch styles, container pedestals, and Accumate couplers. $53.95 (undecorated, $39.95). Third quarter 2019. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
HO scale details and accessories
45-foot intermodal container. American President Lines, CMA CGM, Mitsui Overseas Line, NYK, OOCL, and Sealand. Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $36.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
45-foot intermodal container. American President Lines, CMA CGM, Mitsui Overseas Line, NYK, OOCL, and Sealand. Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $36.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
45-foot intermodal container chassis. China Shipping, Maersk Line, Trans Pacific, Wan Hai, and Yang Ming. Vinyl tires and printed mud flaps. Two-pack, $32.98. January 2020. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Bowser Manufacturing Co. HO scale assorted trucks and detail parts
Assorted trucks and detail parts. Bowser: Buckeye tender truck kit (one-piece cast frame with 36” wheels, retainers, and retainer mounting screws), $17.95 per pair. Hand-painted engineer and fireman figures, $11.95. Hand-painted half fireman figure, $5.95. Kiesel rigid-tender trucks (one-piece cast frame with 36” wheels, retainers, and retainer mounting screw), $17.95 per pair. Steam locomotive handrail stanchions (spun brass cored for .020”-diameter wire), 20-pack, $6.95. Cal Scale: Bettendorf truck kit with 5’-4” wheelbase (three-piece cast-brass sprung truck with coil springs but no wheels), $10 per pair. Steam locomotive handrail stanchions (spun brass cored for .020”-diameter wire), 20-pack, $6.95. Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc., 800-327-5126, www.bowser-trains.com
N scale freight cars
50-foot waffle-side boxcar. Chessie System (dark blue with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (Boxcar Red), Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange with black ends), Green Bay & Western (yellow), Louisville & Nashville (dark blue), and Rock Island (Boxcar Red). Three road numbers per scheme. Screw-mounted trucks and McHenry couplers. $22.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
50-foot waffle-side boxcar. Chessie System (dark blue with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (Boxcar Red), Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange with black ends), Green Bay & Western (yellow), Louisville & Nashville (dark blue), and Rock Island (Boxcar Red). Three road numbers per scheme. Screw-mounted trucks and McHenry couplers. $22.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Lowell Smith Signature Series N scale Great American Circus & Wild West Show flatcar with tractor-trailer load
Great American Circus & Wild West Show flatcar with tractor-trailer load. Micro-Trains 70-foot Warren circus flatcar, Trainworx Peterbilt 280 tractor, and Atlas Model Railroad Co. 40-foot trailer decorated with Roy Rogers “King of the Cowboys” graphics. $74. Lowell Smith Signature Series, www.lowellsmith.net
Lowell Smith Signature Series N scale Great American Circus & Wild West Show heavyweight sleeper ChicagoN scale passenger cars
Great American Circus & Wild West Show heavyweight sleeper Chicago. Injection-molded plastic model with plastic wheelsets, clear window glazing, and Magne-Matic couplers. $68. Micro-Trains model produced for Lowell Smith Signature Series, www.lowellsmith.net
Great American Circus & Wild West Show heavyweight sleeper Chicago. Injection-molded plastic model with plastic wheelsets, clear window glazing, and Magne-Matic couplers. $68. Micro-Trains model produced for Lowell Smith Signature Series, www.lowellsmith.net
N scale details and accessories
45-foot intermodal container. American President Lines, CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai, “K” Line, Maersk, Mitsui Overseas Line, NYK, OOCL, and Sealand. Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $31.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
45-foot intermodal container. American President Lines, CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai, “K” Line, Maersk, Mitsui Overseas Line, NYK, OOCL, and Sealand. Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $31.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Intercity bus. Capitol Bus Co., department of corrections (simulated bars printed on side windows with red and blue forward lights), Glacier National Park, Pioneer Tours, recreational vehicle conversion (simulated curtains printed on insides of windows and plated-over side door window), Rock Island, painted black and white but unlettered, Unified School District, and Union Pacific. Detailed interior, vinyl tires, and windshield wipers. $24.98. January 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
53-foot high-cube intermodal container. Canadian National, CSX Intermodal, Hub Group, Pacer Stacktrain, and EMP (Pacer Stacktrain and Hub Group patchouts). Prototype-specific doors and fronts, magnetic connecting system (magnets on bottom, metal top plates), and Inter-Box Connecting pins in International Standards Organization scale 40-foot locations. Two-pack, $33.95. Jacksonville Terminal Co., 904-253-3430, www.jtcmodeltrains.com
Atlas O 36-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car
O scale freight cars
36-foot double-sheathed refrigerator cars. New paint schemes: Agar Packing Co., Dold Packing Co., Lange Creamery, New York Despatch, Nuckoll’s Refrigerator Line, Pittsburgh Provision & Packing, Rex Canned Meats, and Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Lard. Two road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (with and without truss rods. Plastic body, die-cast metal chassis, and 33” metal wheelsets. $79.95 (undecorated, $69.95). Third quarter 2019. Master Line. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
36-foot double-sheathed refrigerator cars. New paint schemes: Agar Packing Co., Dold Packing Co., Lange Creamery, New York Despatch, Nuckoll’s Refrigerator Line, Pittsburgh Provision & Packing, Rex Canned Meats, and Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Lard. Two road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (with and without truss rods. Plastic body, die-cast metal chassis, and 33” metal wheelsets. $79.95 (undecorated, $69.95). Third quarter 2019. Master Line. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
American Z Line 89-foot flatcar with loads
Z scale freight cars
89-foot flatcar with loads. Department of Defense and TTX flatcars (one number each). Flatcars feature one each M983 and M994 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (green on TTX flatcar, sand on DODX flatcar) by Z-Panzer, metal wheelsets, and AutoLatch couplers. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
89-foot flatcar with loads. Department of Defense and TTX flatcars (one number each). Flatcars feature one each M983 and M994 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (green on TTX flatcar, sand on DODX flatcar) by Z-Panzer, metal wheelsets, and AutoLatch couplers. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
American Z Line Amtrak Superliner I passenger cars
Z scale passenger cars
Amtrak Superliner I passenger cars. Single cars: coach (two road numbers), sleeper (two numbers), diner (one number), and lounge (one number). Two four-packs also available (sleeper, lounge, and two coaches or sleeper, diner, and two coaches). Models feature Amtrak phase 3 paint scheme, metal wheelsets, AutoLatch couplers, and detailed interiors. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Amtrak Superliner I passenger cars. Single cars: coach (two road numbers), sleeper (two numbers), diner (one number), and lounge (one number). Two four-packs also available (sleeper, lounge, and two coaches or sleeper, diner, and two coaches). Models feature Amtrak phase 3 paint scheme, metal wheelsets, AutoLatch couplers, and detailed interiors. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Atlas Model Railroad Co. assorted Z scale track
Track
Assorted Z scale track. No. 6 turnouts (right and left, $19.95 each) and 19-degree crossing ($14.95). Turnouts feature die-cast metal frog with power contact for optional powering, built-in wire spring for holding turnout points in position without the need for a switch machine, and die-cast metal points. 19-degree crossing ($14.95). All track components feature injection-molded plastic ties and code 55 nickel silver rail. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Assorted Z scale track. No. 6 turnouts (right and left, $19.95 each) and 19-degree crossing ($14.95). Turnouts feature die-cast metal frog with power contact for optional powering, built-in wire spring for holding turnout points in position without the need for a switch machine, and die-cast metal points. 19-degree crossing ($14.95). All track components feature injection-molded plastic ties and code 55 nickel silver rail. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Track Magic refill bottle. Track and contact cleaning fluid. Loosens and removes grime. Leaves invisible conducting film that maximizes conductivity and reliability. Safe to use in track cleaning vehicles. 8.5-ounce bottle, $29. Deluxe Materials, www.deluxematerials.com
Printed-circuit board ties for turnout construction. FR4 fiberglass ties are gapped and drilled with pre-tinned lands for soldering. Compatible with Fast Tracks jigs. N and HO scales. $1.95 per set; five sets, $7.95; and 10 sets, $11.95. Voltscooter, 413-532-4306, www.voltscooter.com
Scenery
Ballast Bond refill bottle. Ready-to-use adhesive. Covers 2-1/2 square yards (approximately 150 feet of HO scale track). 17-ounce bottle, $21. Deluxe Materials, www.deluxematerials.com
Ballast Bond refill bottle. Ready-to-use adhesive. Covers 2-1/2 square yards (approximately 150 feet of HO scale track). 17-ounce bottle, $21. Deluxe Materials, www.deluxematerials.com
Archer Fine Transfers HO scale raised surface detail decals, available from Kalmbach Hobby Store
Decals
Raised surface detail decals. HO scale. Belt rail double-row rivets, hopper car rivets, and tank car double-row offset rivets. Cast resin on clear decal film. Apply like regular decals under paint. $15.95 each. Produced by Archer Fine Transfers, available from Kalmbach Hobby Store, www.KalmbachHobbyStore.com
Raised surface detail decals. HO scale. Belt rail double-row rivets, hopper car rivets, and tank car double-row offset rivets. Cast resin on clear decal film. Apply like regular decals under paint. $15.95 each. Produced by Archer Fine Transfers, available from Kalmbach Hobby Store, www.KalmbachHobbyStore.com
Microscale Industries Amtrak General Electric P42 diesel locomotive decals
Amtrak General Electric P42 diesel locomotive. “America’s Railroad Salutes Our Veterans” scheme. Waterslide decals. N scale, $6.75; HO scale, $8.25. Microscale Industries, 714-593-1422, www.microscale.com
DVDs
American HO Model Railroads. Features the Lake County Model Railroad Club (Wauconda, Ill.), Duneland Model Railroad Club (Michigan City, Ind.), and Blissfield Model Railroad Club (Blissfield, Mich.) 70 minutes. $14.99. TM Books & Video, 219-879-2822, www.tmbv.com
American HO Model Railroads. Features the Lake County Model Railroad Club (Wauconda, Ill.), Duneland Model Railroad Club (Michigan City, Ind.), and Blissfield Model Railroad Club (Blissfield, Mich.) 70 minutes. $14.99. TM Books & Video, 219-879-2822, www.tmbv.com
Books
Ozark Mountain Motorcars: Classic Train Stories Book 4. By Isaac ben Levi. The Ozark Mountain RR needs another passenger train but can’t afford one, so it purchases a motorcar that hasn’t turned a wheel in years. 29 pages. Paperback, $14.99; Kindle, $2.99. Published by Living Tree Press. Great Railroad Series, www.greatrailroadseries.com
Ozark Mountain Motorcars: Classic Train Stories Book 4. By Isaac ben Levi. The Ozark Mountain RR needs another passenger train but can’t afford one, so it purchases a motorcar that hasn’t turned a wheel in years. 29 pages. Paperback, $14.99; Kindle, $2.99. Published by Living Tree Press. Great Railroad Series, www.greatrailroadseries.com
Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club Hudson Coal Co. 55-ton fish-belly hopper
Club offerings
Hudson Coal Co. 55-ton fish-belly hopper. Custom-decorated Bowser (HO scale) and RGS Trains (O scale) car produced for Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club. Model is decorated for Hudson Coal Co. of Scranton, Pa. (affiliated with the Delaware & Hudson). HO scale, $20 plus $7 shipping; O scale, $60 plus $14 shipping. Money orders only. Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club, 7837 SR 29, Montrose, PA 18801
Hudson Coal Co. 55-ton fish-belly hopper. Custom-decorated Bowser (HO scale) and RGS Trains (O scale) car produced for Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club. Model is decorated for Hudson Coal Co. of Scranton, Pa. (affiliated with the Delaware & Hudson). HO scale, $20 plus $7 shipping; O scale, $60 plus $14 shipping. Money orders only. Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club, 7837 SR 29, Montrose, PA 18801
