News & Reviews News New model trains for the week of May 16, 2019

New model trains for the week of May 16, 2019

By Angela Cotey | May 13, 2019

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

Check out the latest HO and N scale model railroad products from Accurail, Athearn, Bachmann, and more!

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HO scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division SDP40F. Amtrak (phase 1 and 3 schemes); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); and BNSF Ry. (Maersk Sealand in one road number, Santa Fe patchout in two numbers). Four numbers per scheme unless noted. Prototype-specific details, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, and McHenry scale couplers. Direct-current model with 21-pin connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $234.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $324.98. April 2020. Genesis 2.0 line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Accurail HO scale sssorted freight cars
Accurail HO scale sssorted freight cars
HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Central Vermont 50-foot boxcar with exterior posts, $18.98. Boston & Maine 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with steel ends and straight underframe, $18.98. Canadian National 36-foot Fowler boxcar (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Family Lines System (Seaboard Coast Line reporting marks) Pullman-Standard 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper, $20.98. Monon 50-foot welded-side insulated plug-door boxcar, $18.98. Western Maryland American Car & Foundry 4,600-cubic-foot-capacity Center Flow covered hopper, $19.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with steel weight, plastic wheelsets, and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365-1173, www.accurail.com

50-foot high-cube double-plug-door boxcar. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (red with large circle-cross herald); Conrail (brown); Norfolk & Western (black); Penn Central (Jade Green); Southern Pacific Santa Fe (brown); Union Pacific (brown with “The Overland Route” herald); and Western Pacific (green, blue, and orange, one number each). Three numbers per scheme unless noted. Brake system details, machined RP-25 contour metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $27.98. April 2020. Roundhouse line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

52-foot mill gondola. BNSF Ry. (black with circle-cross herald), Gondola Connection (dark blue), Herzog (brown and white), Mexican Rail Transportation (black with red, white, and green herald), Oregon Steel Mills (blue), RailGon (yellow and black), and RJ Corman (red). Six road numbers per scheme (three single cars and one three-pack). Factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, etched-metal crossover platforms, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $31.98; three-pack, $92.98. April 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

Modernized 40-foot boxcars. British Columbia Ry. (light green); Canadian Pacific (Action Red with Multimark); Esquimalt & Nanaimo (Action Red with Multimark); Illinois Central (orange); Louisville, New Albany & Corydon (blue); Northern Pacific (green); Pickens RR (blue); and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow with “Automated Railway” slogan). Six road numbers per scheme (three single cars and one three-pack). Brake system details, machined RP-25 contour metal wheels, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $30.98; three-pack, $89.98. April 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

Trinity 5,161-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper. BNSF Ry. (GATX patchout, Oxide Red repair patch in two road numbers, and Oxide Red with reporting marks only [three-pack]), Ferromex (dark gray with red stripes, two single cars and two three-packs), GATX Lease (gray), General American (Southern Illinois Railcar patchout), Norfolk Southern (two single cars and two three-packs with herald, one single car with reporting marks only), Potash Corp. (three single cars and two three-packs), and Union Pacific (CMO reporting marks, two single cars and two three-packs). Prototype-specific body style, photo-etched metal running boards, and 100-ton trucks with rotating bearing caps. $52.98; three-pack, $149.98. April 2020. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com


Bachmann HO scale 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car with track cleaning pad
Bachmann HO scale 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car with track cleaning pad
40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car with track cleaning pad. Evansville Packing Co., Agar Packing Co., and Ramapo. Reusable track cleaning pad can be washed in dishwasher (replacement pads available separately). Model features metal wheels and E-Z Mate Mark II couplers. $52. Bachmann Trains, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com
N scale freight cars
52-foot mill gondola. BNSF Ry. (black with circle-cross herald), Gondola Connection (dark blue), Herzog (brown and white), Mexican Rail Transportation (black with red, white, and green herald), Oregon Steel Mills (blue), RailGon (yellow and black), and RJ Corman (red). Six road numbers per scheme (three single cars and one three-pack). Factory-installed and painted wire grab irons, etched-metal crossover platforms, and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. $23.98; three-pack, $68.98. April 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Bachmann N scale 1860s-era gondola
Bachmann N scale 1860s-era gondola
1860s-era gondola. U.S. Military RR, Baltimore & Ohio, Virginia & Truckee, and Western & Atlantic. Metal wheels and body-mounted E-Z Mate couplers. $29. Bachmann Trains, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com
Bachmann N scale 1860s-era water tank car
Bachmann N scale 1860s-era water tank car
1860s-era water tank car. Western & Atlantic, Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and U.S. Military RR. Metal wheels and body-mounted E-Z Mate couplers. $32. Bachmann Trains, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com
PPM Models N scale Canadian-style Difco air dump car
PPM Models N scale Canadian-style Difco air dump cars
Canadian-style Difco air dump car. Scratchbuilt styrene model with positionable sides and body that lifts to right and left side. Kit, $25; painted with Micro-Trains trucks and Magne-Matic couplers, $35. PMM Models, c/o John Chapman, 11C 3210 119 Ave. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5W 4V6; johnsue@nili.ca
Railroad Museum of Long Island “Steam Up LIRR 39” 40-foot boxcar
Railroad Museum of Long Island “Steam Up LIRR 39” 40-foot boxcar
Club offerings
Railroad Museum of Long Island “Steam Up LIRR 39” 40-foot boxcar. Bachmann HO scale Silver Series model. New paint scheme. One road number. Features RP-25 contour metal wheelsets, positionable doors, and body-mounted Bachmann E-Z Mate couplers. $39.39 (shipping and restricted membership included). Canadian and foreign orders add $15 shipping. New York residents add $3.40 sales tax for each car. Check or money order in U.S. funds to RMLI, P.O. Box 307, Southold, NY 11971-0307; online credit card orders at www.rmli.org
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