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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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