HO scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. Canadian Pacific (with beaver herald in one road number, without in three), CIT Rail Leasing (blue, three numbers), Farmrail (tan and brown, three numbers), Huron & Eastern (RailAmerica scheme, four numbers), Norfolk Southern (“Training First Responders” scheme, one number), and RJ Corman (red and gray, three numbers). Upgraded model with solid pilot face, screw-mounted coupler pockets, improved rear number boards, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $139.98; with full-featured 8-function 21-pin NCE Digital Command Control decoder, $174.98. September 2020. Roundhouse line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. Canadian Pacific (with beaver herald in one road number, without in three), CIT Rail Leasing (blue, three numbers), Farmrail (tan and brown, three numbers), Huron & Eastern (RailAmerica scheme, four numbers), Norfolk Southern (“Training First Responders” scheme, one number), and RJ Corman (red and gray, three numbers). Upgraded model with solid pilot face, screw-mounted coupler pockets, improved rear number boards, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $139.98; with full-featured 8-function 21-pin NCE Digital Command Control decoder, $174.98. September 2020. Roundhouse line. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive
Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive. Penn Central (black with white herald in two road numbers) and Pennsylvania RR (Dark Green Locomotive Enamel with brown roof, five gold leaf stripes, and Futura or Roman lettering in three numbers each; Dark Green Locomotive Enamel with buff broad stripe and Roman lettering in two numbers; and Tuscan Red with buff Roman lettering and five stripes in two road numbers). Also available painted Dark Green Locomotive Enamel and Tuscan Red but unlettered. All new tooling, dual-mode Paragon 3 sound decoder with Rolling Thunder, and die-cast metal body and chassis. $399.99. November 2019. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, www.broadway-limited.com
HO scale freight cars
Bathtub gondola. CP Rail (black with Multimark herald), David J. Joseph Co. (black with orange rotary end and scrap metal load), Procor (black), Sultran (black and orange with sulfur load), Union Pacific (black with yellow rotary end or Maintenance-of-Way Green), and Wisconsin Public Service (black with blue rotary end). Ten road numbers per scheme (single car and three three-packs). Models feature coal load unless noted. Separate, factory-applied grab irons, end ladders, and brake wheel; roller-bearing trucks with 36” metal wheels; and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. Single car, $34.98; three-pack, $99.98. September 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Bathtub gondola. CP Rail (black with Multimark herald), David J. Joseph Co. (black with orange rotary end and scrap metal load), Procor (black), Sultran (black and orange with sulfur load), Union Pacific (black with yellow rotary end or Maintenance-of-Way Green), and Wisconsin Public Service (black with blue rotary end). Ten road numbers per scheme (single car and three three-packs). Models feature coal load unless noted. Separate, factory-applied grab irons, end ladders, and brake wheel; roller-bearing trucks with 36” metal wheels; and body-mounted McHenry scale couplers. Single car, $34.98; three-pack, $99.98. September 2020. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Evans 100-ton coil steel car. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (red and white); Baltimore & Ohio (blue and yellow); Chicago & North Western (black and white); Chicago South Shore (red and white); Conrail (Oxide Red and white); CSX (blue and yellow); Detroit & Toledo Shore Line (black and white); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (black and yellow); Grand Trunk Western (blue and white); Iowa Interstate (black, red, and yellow); Missouri-Kansas-Texas (green and yellow); Missouri Pacific (brown with “Screaming Eagle” herald); Norfolk & Western (black and white); and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco, red and white). Six road numbers per scheme. Metal wheelsets and knuckle couplers. $44.95. InterMountain Railway Co., 303-772-1901, www.intermountain-railway.com
Pullman-Standard 50-foot PS-1 boxcar. Clinchfield (5800- and 7000-series, two road numbers each). Newly tooled cushion underframe, metal wheelsets, and metal couplers. $34.95. Release date to be announced. InterMountain Railway Co., 303-772-1901, www.intermountain-railway.com
Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc. assorted locomotive detail parts
HO scale details and accessories
Assorted locomotive detail parts. Brass: Chicago & North Western headlight-mount gong bell, $4.50; cab unit side platform two-pack, $6.95; F unit steam generator exhaust stack two-pack, $9.95; Hancock Type 4700 electronic whistle, $4.50; Spokane, Portland & Seattle-style roof-mount radiator for F units, $9.95; and surface-mount emergency fuel shutoff three-pack, $4.50. Plastic: Alco brake chain guide two-pack, $2.95; diesel exhaust stack (square or oval) two-pack, $2.75; locomotive cab ground light four-pack, $3.25; locomotive air hose with shutoff two-pack, $2.95; locomotive door handle 16-pack, $2.95; locomotive face-mount step five-pack, $2.95; locomotive uncoupling lever mounting block eight-pack, $2.95; and three- and five-line m.u. hose four-pack, $3.25 each. Cal Scale line. Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc., 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
Assorted locomotive detail parts. Brass: Chicago & North Western headlight-mount gong bell, $4.50; cab unit side platform two-pack, $6.95; F unit steam generator exhaust stack two-pack, $9.95; Hancock Type 4700 electronic whistle, $4.50; Spokane, Portland & Seattle-style roof-mount radiator for F units, $9.95; and surface-mount emergency fuel shutoff three-pack, $4.50. Plastic: Alco brake chain guide two-pack, $2.95; diesel exhaust stack (square or oval) two-pack, $2.75; locomotive cab ground light four-pack, $3.25; locomotive air hose with shutoff two-pack, $2.95; locomotive door handle 16-pack, $2.95; locomotive face-mount step five-pack, $2.95; locomotive uncoupling lever mounting block eight-pack, $2.95; and three- and five-line m.u. hose four-pack, $3.25 each. Cal Scale line. Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc., 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale food trailer
Food trailer. Ice cream and hot dogs, and gyros and lemonade. Each kit contains parts to build two complete trailers. Includes full-color printed signs, awnings, and interiors. $19.98. October 2019. SceneMaster line. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale modern high-voltage transmission towers
Modern high-voltage transmission towers. Kit contains parts to build one 90-degree corner tower, five straight, and two angled monopoles. Includes two different davit-style and angled-style insulators and 3,480 scale feet of flexible non-working wire (8,700 scale feet of wire available separately, $19.98). Each pole is 9-3/4” tall. $24.98. November 2019. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. N scale urban retaining wall
N scale structures
Urban retaining wall. Injection-molded plastic parts molded concrete gray. Includes eight tall, four-panel retaining sidewalls (4-3/4” x 1-1/2”); four tall, three-panel retaining end walls (3” x 1-1/2”); eight short, four-panel retaining walls (4-3/4” x ½”); eight each short and tall connectors; four customizable interior reinforcing cross pieces; eight railings; and eight short wall supports. $29.98. October 2019. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Urban retaining wall. Injection-molded plastic parts molded concrete gray. Includes eight tall, four-panel retaining sidewalls (4-3/4” x 1-1/2”); four tall, three-panel retaining end walls (3” x 1-1/2”); eight short, four-panel retaining walls (4-3/4” x ½”); eight each short and tall connectors; four customizable interior reinforcing cross pieces; eight railings; and eight short wall supports. $29.98. October 2019. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Wm. K. Walthers Inc., HO scale urban steel overpass
Urban steel overpass. Injection-molded plastic kit builds scale 15’-6” double-track ballasted-deck bridge with two-lane roadway below. Separate wing walls can be installed to fit straight or angled installations. $29.98. October 2019. Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
N scale details and accessories
40-foot hi-cube corrugated-side intermodal container. APL (dark blue), Dong Fang (teal), Evergreen (green), Hapag-Lloyd (orange), Hatsu Marine (green), Hyundai Merchant Marine (orange and Oxide Red schemes), MacAndrews (green), Mediterranean Shipping Co. (Oxide Red), Ocean Network Express (Cherry Blossom Magenta and light gray schemes), Seaboard (blue), SM Line (blue), and Triton (brown with UASC lettering). Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $29.98. September 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
40-foot hi-cube corrugated-side intermodal container. APL (dark blue), Dong Fang (teal), Evergreen (green), Hapag-Lloyd (orange), Hatsu Marine (green), Hyundai Merchant Marine (orange and Oxide Red schemes), MacAndrews (green), Mediterranean Shipping Co. (Oxide Red), Ocean Network Express (Cherry Blossom Magenta and light gray schemes), Seaboard (blue), SM Line (blue), and Triton (brown with UASC lettering). Injection-molded plastic. Three-pack, $29.98. September 2020. AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com
Eastern Seaboard Models Corp. N scale 33” metal wheelsets
33” metal wheelsets. Fine scale, chemically blackened, non-magnetic insulated wheelsets. With operate on code 40 rail without hitting spikes. Twelve-pack (.540”), $15.25. Eastern Seaboard Models Corp., www.esmc.com
Eastern Seaboard Models Corp. N scale American Steel Foundries 70-ton Ride Control trucks
American Steel Foundries 70-ton Ride Control trucks. Freight Car Red, silver, and weathered black with 33” fine scale metal wheelsets. Will operate on code 40 rail without hitting spikes. One pair, $8.95. Eastern Seaboard Models Corp., www.esmc.com
American Z Line Z scale Pullman and Union Pacific (Overland) lightweight passenger carsZ scale passenger cars
Pullman and Union Pacific (Overland) lightweight passenger cars. 4-bedroom, 4-compartment, 2-drawing-room sleeper (two-tone gray with Pullman in letterboard: Imperial Harbor, Imperial Horn, and Imperial Sands; two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: Imperial Palm and Imperial Band). Six-open-section, six-roomette, four-double-bedroom sleeper (dark green with Pullman in letterboard: American Liberty, American Unity, and American Way; two-tone gray with Pullman in letterboard: American River and Mescalero Valley; two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: American Forum, American Merchant, and American Trails). Baggage car (two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: no. 5804). Etched-metal stirrup steps, flush window glazing, AutoLatch couplers, and add-on details. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Pullman and Union Pacific (Overland) lightweight passenger cars. 4-bedroom, 4-compartment, 2-drawing-room sleeper (two-tone gray with Pullman in letterboard: Imperial Harbor, Imperial Horn, and Imperial Sands; two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: Imperial Palm and Imperial Band). Six-open-section, six-roomette, four-double-bedroom sleeper (dark green with Pullman in letterboard: American Liberty, American Unity, and American Way; two-tone gray with Pullman in letterboard: American River and Mescalero Valley; two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: American Forum, American Merchant, and American Trails). Baggage car (two-tone gray with Overland in letterboard and Pullman sublettering: no. 5804). Etched-metal stirrup steps, flush window glazing, AutoLatch couplers, and add-on details. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Layout Control System switch machines
Electronics/controls
Layout Control System switch machines. Horizontal- (1-5/8”) and vertical- (3-3/8) mount versions. Compatible with Z, N, HO, S, and O scales. Five-pack, $99.98. October 2019. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Layout Control System switch machines. Horizontal- (1-5/8”) and vertical- (3-3/8) mount versions. Compatible with Z, N, HO, S, and O scales. Five-pack, $99.98. October 2019. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Congratulations to Walthers for the modern transmission towers, a product I have been hoping for over many years. I have about eight of the older, lattice towers that these will replace. And the “wire” sounds like the final realistic touch. Up to now, I have had to use a pale green thread to simulate weathered copper lines.