New model trains for the week of May 23, 2019

HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Toledo, Peoria & Western Pullman-Standard 40-foot PS-1 boxcar with 7-foot, 5-panel Superior doors (built 1953, repainted 6/62), $39.95. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Association of American Railroads 50-foot standard two-bay hopper with lump-egg coal load (built 1949), $40.95. Injection-molded plastic models with metal wheels and Kadee couplers. Kadee Quality Products Co., 541-826-3883, www.kadee.com

National Steel Car 5,150-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper. Archer Daniels Midland (molecule logo), BNSF Ry. (post-2005 scheme), Canadian Pacific (CP herald, “Canadian Pacific Railway” lettering, and Soo reporting marks), Illinois Cereal Mill (Cargill lettering), Chicago Freight Car Leasing (reporting marks only), and Union Pacific (“We Will Deliver” slogan). Four road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Detailed brake gear and discharge outlets; trough-style roof hatches with handles; and thin-profile running boards, stirrup steps, end ladders, and platforms. $29.98. August 2019. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

United States Railroad Administration 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo; Union Pacific; and Wabash. Four road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Detailed underframe with AB brake gear, 33” turned metal wheelsets, and Proto-Max couplers. $27.98. June 2019. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

40-foot double-sheathed early refrigerator car. American Refrigerator Transit (Missouri Pacific and Wabash heralds), Merchant’s Despatch, North Western Refrigerator Line, Pacific Fruit Express (Union Pacific herald), Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch, and Swift Refrigerator Line. Four road numbers per paint scheme; also available undecorated. Double-sheathed wood ends, vertical handbrake staff, and Andrews trucks. $27.98. August 2019. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

United States Railroad Administration 40-foot rebuilt steel boxcar. Chicago & North Western; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Grand Trunk Western; and St. Louis-San Francisco. Four road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Ribbed steel roof, fish-belly underframe, and Bettendorf trucks. $27.98. July 2019. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

United States Railroad Administration 40-foot single-sheathed boxcar. Baltimore & Ohio, Maine Central, Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Pennsylvania RR, and Southern Pacific. Four road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Flat steel roof, 5-5-5 Murphy steel ends, and Andrews trucks. $27.98. September 2019. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

HO scale structures
Rustic Cabin. Factory-assembled and painted plastic structure features board-and-batten siding, covered porch, and shake shingle roof. Also includes two rocking chairs, wood pile, television antenna, electric meter, and light-emitting-diode porch light (compatible with the Just Plug Lighting System). $64.99. Built-&-Ready line. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com

HO scale details and accessories
UPS delivery van. Die-cast metal and plastic construction with detailed driver’s compartment and modeler-installed side mirrors. $21.98. SceneMaster line. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com

N scale structures
Rustic Cabin. Factory-assembled and painted plastic structure features board-and-batten siding, covered porch, and shake shingle roof. Also includes two rocking chairs, wood pile, television antenna, electric meter, and light-emitting-diode porch light (compatible with the Just Plug Lighting System). $39.99. Built-&-Ready line. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com

O scale structures
Rustic Cabin. Factory-assembled and painted plastic structure features board-and-batten siding, covered porch, and shake shingle roof. Also includes two rocking chairs, wood pile, television antenna, electric meter, and light-emitting-diode porch light (compatible with the Just Plug Lighting System). $99.99. Built-&-Ready line. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com

Electronics/controls
WDMI-24 WiFi/Digital Command Control locomotive interface module for large scales. For O and G scale locomotives. Module provides DCC signals to a decoder controlled via a WiFi-enabled tablet or smartphone featuring a WiFiTrax app. Direct-current power required for track. Price to be announced. WiFiTrax Model Science, +61 (0) 2 94564849, www.wifitrax.com

WDMI-25 4A WiFi/Digital Command Control interface booster. Provides bipolar Digital Command Control encoded power to track. Signals originate from WiFi-enabled tablet or smartphone featuring a WiFiTrax app. Commands are passed to a set of decoder-equipped locomotives. Each locomotive is addressed separately and under independent control. Module may receive commands from more than one tablet provided they’re addressed to different locomotives. Price to be announced. WiFiTrax Model Science, +61 (0) 2 94564849, www.wifitrax.com

WDMI-34 WiFi/Digital Command Control locomotive interface module. Can be installed in various HO scale locomotives together with choice of DCC decoder. Module provides DCC signals to a decoder controlled by a WiFi-enabled tablet or smartphone featuring a WiFiTrax app. Direct-current power required for track. Price to be announced. WiFiTrax Model Science, +61 (0) 2 94564849, www.wifitrax.com

WDMI-52 WiFi/Digital Command Control locomotive motherboard. Can be installed in various HO scale locomotives featuring a Digital Command Control sound decoder. Module provides DCC signals to a decoder controlled by a WiFi-enabled tablet or smartphone featuring a WiFiTrax app. Direct-current power required for track. Add a Stanton Associates LiPo battery (BPS-420 and BPS v4) module to provide full battery operation. Price to be announced. WiFiTrax Model Science, +61 (0) 2 94564849, www.wifitrax.com

Software
A-TRACK version 4.4.206. Minor update corrects bugs founds in version 4.4.196 and incorporates better structured tutorial. Complements and expands the capabilities of NCE Power Cab, Smart Booster, DCC Twin, and Power Pro Digital Command Control system. Allows users to store full details of locomotives and accessory (turnout) decoders. Also assists with running locomotives on a layout and controlling decoder programming and locomotive tuning. Runs on any Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10) desktop or notebook. Free. A-Train Systems, +44 162 542 1324, www.a-train-systems.co.uk