News & Reviews News New model trains for the week of July 10, 2018

New model trains for the week of July 10, 2018

By Angela Cotey | July 11, 2018

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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

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HO scale freight cars
50-foot single-sheathed boxcars. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (single steel doors and Dreadnaught ends); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (double steel doors and auto door end); Missouri Pacific (double wood doors and auto door end); Northern Pacific (double steel doors and auto door end); and Texas & Pacific (double steel doors and auto door end). Three road numbers per scheme. Separate running board, 33” machined metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $29.98. May 2019. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Bowser Manufacturing Co. HO scale Bowser 70-ton two-bay covered hopper
Bowser Manufacturing Co. HO scale Bowser 70-ton two-bay covered hopper
Bowser 70-ton two-bay covered hopper. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (brown with black roof); Cedar Heights Clay (red, white, and blue); Central Soya (red, white, and blue herald); Delaware & Hudson (gray); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (yellow); Erie Lackawanna (gray); Grand Trunk Western (“dry sand only” stencil); Great Northern (gray with black 1967 Rocky herald); Halliburton Services (gray and red); International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (gray); Mathieson (gray with green lettering); Shippers Car Division (brown); Southern Ry. (gray with green lettering); Union Carbide Linde (gray and green); U.S. Phosphoric Products (gray with red and black lettering); and Western Pacesetters/XTRA (gray with multi-color herald). Three road numbers per scheme. Factory-assembled plastic model with separate brake appliances, plastic truck sideframes, and metal wheels. $25.95. February 2019. Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc., 800-327-5126, www.bowser-trains.com
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-76 50-foot boxcar, produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-76 50-foot boxcar, produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-76 50-foot boxcar. “DF with Shock Control” and “Floating Underframe Gives Freight a Smoother Ride” stencils. Separately applied plastic ladders and grab irons, metal wheelsets, and body-mounted Accumate couplers. Three road numbers (100 of each number produced). $35 each; three-pack, $100 plus shipping. Atlas Model Railroad Co. Master Line model produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations, railroad.innovations@gmail.com, www.rr-innovations.com
InterMountain Railway HO scale Western Pacific Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar, produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations
InterMountain Railway HO scale Western Pacific Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar, produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations
Western Pacific Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar. International Airport Orange body with “Shock Protected Freight” stencil. See-through running boards, metal wheels, and body-mounted metal couplers. Three road numbers (100 of each number produced). $40 each; three-pack, $115 plus shipping. InterMountain Railway model produced exclusively for Railroad Innovations, railroad.innovations@gmail.com, www.rr-innovations.com
Rapido Trains Inc. HO scale Tempo passenger equipment
Rapido Trains Inc. HO scale Tempo passenger equipment
HO scale passenger equipment
Tempo passenger equipment. Canadian National (complete sets and single coaches), VIA Rail (complete sets and single coaches), and Algoma Central/Agawa Canyon Tour Train (single cars only, conditional release, orders must meet minimum requirement to be produced); coaches also available undecorated. Complete sets include RS-18 MRE-18g locomotive; one each Tempo coach, club car, and cafe-bar-lounge car; two commemorative Tempo tumblers; 100 commemorative Tempo cocktail napkins; and Tempo 50th anniversary book. RS-18 features extended short hood with head-end power equipment on roof, metal handrails with plastic stanchions, and factory installed wire grab irons. Passenger cars have multi-color interior, detailed underbody with separate piping and conduit, and etched-metal end gates. Complete sets: Direct-current model with 21-pin connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $529.95; with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder, $649.95. Single cars, $109.95. Mid-2019. Rapido Trains Inc., 905-474-3314, www.rapidotrains.com
Woodland Scenics Rustic water tower
Woodland Scenics HO scale Rustic water tower
HO scale structures
Rustic water tower. Factory-assembled, painted, and weathered structure with center scaffold for tower inspection, elevated water tank, metal cross cables and trusses, and graffiti. Includes factory-installed red light-emitting-diode aircraft warning light (compatible with Just Plug Lighting System). $114.99. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Rapido Trains N scale General Electric Dash 8-40CM diesel locomotive
Rapido Trains N scale General Electric Dash 8-40CM diesel locomotive
N scale locomotives
General Electric Dash 8-40CM diesel locomotive. Canadian National (stripes, North America scheme, no stripes, and website); British Columbia Ry. (as-delivered scheme, post-2010, and CN website); and Quebec, North Shore & Labrador (conditional release, orders must meet minimum requirement to be produced). Two to six road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (two body styles). Prototype-specific details; die-cast metal chassis; and operational headlights, rear lights, and ditch lights. Direct-current model with ESU Next18, $149.95; with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder, $259.95. Mid-2019. Rapido Trains Inc., 905-474-3314, www.rapidotrains.com
Woodland Scenics Rustic water tower
Woodland Scenics N scale Rustic water tower
N scale structures
Rustic water tower. Factory-assembled, painted, and weathered structure with center scaffold for tower inspection, elevated water tank, metal cross cables and trusses, and graffiti. Includes factory-installed red light-emitting-diode aircraft warning light (compatible with Just Plug Lighting System). $69.99. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Woodland Scenics Rustic water tower
Woodland Scenics O scale Rustic water tower
O scale structures
Rustic water tower. Factory-assembled, painted, and weathered structure with center scaffold for tower inspection, elevated water tank, metal cross cables and trusses, and graffiti. Includes factory-installed red light-emitting-diode aircraft warning light (compatible with Just Plug Lighting System). $219.99. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
American Z Line General Electric P42 diesel locomotive
American Z Line General Electric P42 diesel locomotive
Z scale locomotives
General Electric P42 diesel locomotive. Amtrak (phase 3 40th anniversary scheme). One road number. Traction tires and directional light-emitting-diode headlights. Designed for Digitrax and TCS drop-in Digital Command Control decoders. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
American Z Line 1937 Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar
American Z Line 1937 Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar
Z scale freight cars
1937 Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar. New road name: Louisville & Nashville (“Dixie Line” slogan). Seven road numbers (single car, two-pack, and four-pack). Murphy raised-panel roof, prototype-specific doors, metal wheels, AutoLatch couplers, and 4-5 Dreadnaught ends. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
SoundTraxx 50 x 90mm oval speaker
SoundTraxx 50 x 90mm oval speaker
Electronics/controls
50 x 90mm oval speaker. Compatible with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 TSU-4400 4-amp digital sound decoder in models with higher stall currents. Provides low frequency bass sounds. Peak power, 5 watts; impedance, 8 ohms. $16.50 SoundTraxx, 970-259-0690, www.soundtraxx.com
Decals
Contemporary graffiti decals. Set includes 17 pieces of graffiti. HO scale, $10.75; N scale, $8.75. Microscale Industries, 714-593-1422, www.microscale.com
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