New model trains for the week of January 11, 2018

HO scale freight cars
Pacific Car & Foundry flatcars. Shielded-deck flatcar, rail deck flatcar, and I-beam deck flatcar. Cast-resin kits with trucks but no wheels. $29 each plus shipping (mix and match any three, $85). Pennsylvania residents add 6 percent sales tax. Schuylkill Iron Works, P.O. Box 3678, Reading, PA 19606

Treadwell slag car. Resin kit with one-piece resin trucks and decals but no wheels. $29 plus shipping. Pennsylvania residents add 6 percent sales tax. Schuylkill Iron Works, P.O. Box 3678, Reading, PA 19606

Fruit Growers Express 50-foot insulated boxcar. UPS (fictional scheme). Proto-Max couplers and 33” turned-metal wheels. $27.98. June 2018. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

General Steel Castings 53-foot piggyback flatcar. British Columbia Ry., Ontario Northland, TTX (brown and yellow schemes), and Western Maryland. Two road numbers per scheme. Factory-installed trailer hitch, rub rails, and bridge plates; 33” turned-metal wheelsets; and Proto-Max couplers. $27.98. June 2018. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Pullman-Standard 4,427-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay low side covered hopper. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Cargill; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago & North Western (yellow); Lehigh Valley; Milwaukee Road (Federal Yellow); and Union Pacific (gray). Two road numbers per scheme. Updated tooling with see-through plastic running boards, Proto-Max couplers, 100-ton roller-bearing trucks, and 33” turned-metal wheelsets. $27.98. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar. New road names: Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (blue with “Linking North and South” slogan); Atlantic Coast Line (“Thanks for Using Coast Line” slogan); Alaska RR (“McKinley National Park Route” herald); Monon (“The Hoosier Line” slogan); Reading Co. (green with billboard lettering); and Western Pacific (silver with “Rides Like a Feather” slogan). Two road numbers per scheme. Pullman-Standard ends and bowtie roof with flat panels, see-through Apex steel running boards, and 6-foot Superior doors. $27.98. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

50-foot mechanical refrigerator car with exterior posts. Burlington Refrigerator Express, Canadian Pacific, Erie Lackawanna, Milwaukee Road, Pacific Fruit Express (late with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific heralds), and Santa Fe Refrigerated Despatch. Also available undecorated. All-new tooling based on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy prototype. Diagonal-panel roof with separate exhaust stack, see-through running boards, and Proto-Max couplers. $27.98. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

HO scale structures
Orangeburg passenger depot. Kit features laser-cut walls, doors, and windows; details; and peel-and-stick shingles. Footprint (including eaves) is 14-1/2” x 8”. Based on Southern Ry. drawings, circa 1922. $265. Nick and Nora Designs, www.nickandnoradesigns.com

Modern printing plant. Injection-molded plastic kit with tip-up style concrete construction, alternate doors and windows, molded cut lines for customizing, organic vapor cleaner and roof-mounted air conditioners with piping, and docks for rail and truck loading. $79.98. February 2018. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

HO scale details and accessories
Ford C rescue truck. County Fire Dept. no. 2 (orange), County Fire no. 6 (red and white), Fire Protection District no. 213 (yellow), Fire Rescue no. 3 (yellow and white), Rescue Co. no. 32 (white), and Tri-State Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad no. 2 (red with white stripe). Separately applied details, tinted emergency lights, and clear window glazing. $31.98. December 2018. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

Assorted UPS International 4900-series vehicles. Single-axle semi-tractor, dual-axle semi-tractor, and single-axle box van. Bow tie shield logo and modern shield logo. $11.98 each. SceneMaster line. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Assorted International trucks. New body styles: 7600 two-axle crew cab brush fire truck ($14.98), 4300 two-axle tree trimmer ($14.98), 7600 three-axle flatbed, and 7600 three-axle heavy-duty dump truck. Railroad maintenance-of-way trucks (white with decals for 16 railroads): 7600 two-axle crew cab with solid stake bed, 7600 three-axle flatbed, and 7600 three-axle heavy-duty dump truck. Utility company trucks (white with tractor and boom decals for seven utilities): 4300 two-axle crew cab dump truck, 4300 single-axle dump truck, 4300 utility truck with drill ($17.98), 4900 open stake bed utility truck, and 7600 utility truck with bucket lift ($17.98). Unless noted, models are $11.98 each. Plastic and die-cast metal construction. SceneMaster line. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Organic vapor air cleaner. Injection-molded plastic kit. Features access walkway, exhaust stack, heat exchangers, blower motor, and inlet piping. $29.98. February 2018. Cornerstone Series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Particulate dust cyclone. Injection-molded plastic kit. Includes top connector piping, detailed support structure, and safety cage access ladder. $19.98. February 2018. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

Trailmobile 40-foot 1970s-style Dry Van. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Boston & Maine; Chicago & North Western (“Falcon Service” slogan), Conrail (“Trailvan” lettering), Crab Orchard & Egyptian (“Pig Hogger”), and Illinois Central (“Piggyback”). Injection-molded plastic model with raised and lowered landing gear, four latch bars for piggyback service, and scale rivet detail. Two-pack, $29.98. SceneMaster line. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

N scale details and accessories
Body-mounted coupler conversion. For Precision Master/Red Caboose covered hoppers. Black, brown, green, light gray, light tan, natural gray, orange, orange/yellow, red, and yellow. Factory assembled with brake gear detail. Two-pack, $4.25. Trainworx Inc., 970-874-9747, www.train-worx.com

Peterbilt 379 tractor with 40-foot corrugated trailer. Budweiser (bowtie logo). $64.95. Trainworx Inc., 970-874-9747, www.train-worx.com

Tools
Sharp point tweezers. Stainless steel finish. Measures 4-3/4”. $5. Produced by Excel Hobby Blades Corp., available from Kalmbach Hobby Store, www.KalmbachHobbyStore.com

Books
2017 Ntrak Steam Annual. Edited by Jim Kline, Max Magliaro, and Ed Kapuscinski. Full color, 120-page book. Features articles on kitbashing and scratchbuilding locomotives, making your own valve gear, installing Digital Command Control sound decoders, and more. Includes index and addenda to prior Ntrak Steam Annuals. $28 (includes tax and shipping). Ntrak, Order Dept., 1421 Trowbridge St., Garland, TX 75044; www.ntrak.org