BLMA Models HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-166 62-foot double-door boxcar
HO scale freight cars
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-166 62-foot double-door boxcar. Santa Fe Brown with or without circle-cross herald in 12 road numbers per scheme. Separately applied brake wheel and underbody brake details, metal wheelsets, and Kadee no. 58 couplers. $39.95. BLMA Models, 562-712-7085, www.blmamodels.com
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-166 62-foot double-door boxcar. Santa Fe Brown with or without circle-cross herald in 12 road numbers per scheme. Separately applied brake wheel and underbody brake details, metal wheelsets, and Kadee no. 58 couplers. $39.95. BLMA Models, 562-712-7085, www.blmamodels.com
BLMA Models HO scale Tropicana 64-foot mechanical refrigerator car
Tropicana 64-foot mechanical refrigerator car. Twenty four new road numbers. Wire grab irons, 100-ton trucks with 36” metal wheelsets, and Kadee no. 156 couplers. $44.95. Summer 2016. BLMA Models, 562-712-7085, www.blmamodels.com
Pullman-Standard 7,315-cubic-foot-capacity waffle-side boxcar. New paint schemes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (1974 as-delivered scheme); Grand Trunk Western (blue repaint scheme with reporting marks only); and Union Pacific (one road number). New road numbers: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (1974 as-delivered scheme) and Union Pacific (1974 as-delivered scheme). Six numbers per scheme unless noted. Wire grab irons, 100-ton trucks with 36” metal wheelsets, and Kadee no. 158 couplers. $44.95. Platinum series. ExactRail LLC, 866-945-1701, www.exactrail.com
Walthers HO scale 24-foot Minnesota taconite car
24-foot Minnesota taconite car. Burlington Northern; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (Thunderbird Mine and mini-quad); Great Northern; and Lake Superior & Ishpeming. Twelve road numbers per scheme. Five-foot wheelbase trucks, die-cast metal underframe, and 33” metal wheelsets. Four-pack (three per scheme), $79.98. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Thrall 56-foot All-Door boxcar
Thrall 56-foot All-Door boxcar. Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Boise Cascade (Minnesota, Dakota & Western reporting marks), Lake State Ry., and Weyerhauser. Newly tooled etched-metal platforms, brake wheel, and crossover grab irons; re-tooled separately applied ladders; and factory-installed grab irons. $39.98. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Budd 85-foot 10-roomette, six-double-bedroom sleeper
HO scale passenger cars
Budd 85-foot 10-roomette, six-double-bedroom sleeper. New York Central; Amtrak; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. Also available painted silver but unlettered. New tooling, tinted window glazing, and detailed interior. $34.98. Separate exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and light-emitting diode interior lighting kit (LED light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98) also available. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Budd 85-foot 10-roomette, six-double-bedroom sleeper. New York Central; Amtrak; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. Also available painted silver but unlettered. New tooling, tinted window glazing, and detailed interior. $34.98. Separate exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and light-emitting diode interior lighting kit (LED light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98) also available. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Budd 85-foot baggage-lounge car
Budd 85-foot baggage-lounge car. Union Pacific; Amtrak; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; New York Central; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. Also available painted silver but unlettered. New tooling, tinted window glazing, and detailed interior. $34.98 each. Separate exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and light-emitting diode interior lighting kit (LED light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98) also available. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Budd 85-foot diner
Budd 85-foot diner. Amtrak; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; New York Central; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. Also available painted silver but unlettered. New tooling, tinted window glazing, and detailed interior. $34.98 each. Separate exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and light-emitting diode interior lighting kit (LED light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98) also available. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Budd 85-foot large-window coach
Budd 85-foot large-window coach. Amtrak; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; New York Central; Pennsylvania RR; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; and VIA Rail Canada. Also available painted silver but unlettered. New tooling, tinted window glazing, and detailed interior. $34.98 each. Separate exterior detail kit (formed stainless steel grab irons and body-mounted coupler boxes with standard length swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover for operation on 22” radius and larger curves, $9.98) and light-emitting diode interior lighting kit (LED light bar; metal 41-N-11 trucks with turned-metal 36” wheels; and body-mounted coupler boxes with extended swinging drawbar, bushing, and cover, $29.98) also available. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
HO scale details and accessories
53-foot Singamas corrugated-side containers. Canadian National, CSX, EMP, FedEx Multimodal, Hub Group, J.B. Hunt Intermodal, PacerStacktrain, Schneider, and Swift Intermodal; also available undecorated. $11.98. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
53-foot Singamas corrugated-side containers. Canadian National, CSX, EMP, FedEx Multimodal, Hub Group, J.B. Hunt Intermodal, PacerStacktrain, Schneider, and Swift Intermodal; also available undecorated. $11.98. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
BLMA Models N scale Tropicana 64-foot mechanical refrigerator car
N scale freight cars
Tropicana 64-foot mechanical refrigerator car. Twenty four new road numbers. Fine-scale detail, 100-ton trucks with 36” metal wheelsets, and Magne-Matic couplers. $28.95. Summer 2016. BLMA Models, 562-712-7085, www.blmamodels.com
Tropicana 64-foot mechanical refrigerator car. Twenty four new road numbers. Fine-scale detail, 100-ton trucks with 36” metal wheelsets, and Magne-Matic couplers. $28.95. Summer 2016. BLMA Models, 562-712-7085, www.blmamodels.com
N scale train sets
1988 Paris-Hong Kong Orient Express. Fifteen-car set with double-bookcase-style package. $510. December 2015. Hobbytrain Lemke/Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
1988 Paris-Hong Kong Orient Express. Fifteen-car set with double-bookcase-style package. $510. December 2015. Hobbytrain Lemke/Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
Z scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division F3A and F3B diesel locomotives. New paint scheme: Northern Pacific (pine tree scheme). Two A-B sets. Can motor with flywheels, AutoLatch couplers, and optional drawbar for close coupling. Price to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Electro-Motive Division F3A and F3B diesel locomotives. New paint scheme: Northern Pacific (pine tree scheme). Two A-B sets. Can motor with flywheels, AutoLatch couplers, and optional drawbar for close coupling. Price to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Z scale freight cars
American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper. New paint scheme: Monon. Metal wheelsets and AutoLatch couplers. Single car (two road numbers) and four-pack. Prices to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper. New paint scheme: Monon. Metal wheelsets and AutoLatch couplers. Single car (two road numbers) and four-pack. Prices to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
National Steel Car 42-foot coil car. New paint scheme: ServerCorr (CAGY reporting marks). Removable coil hoods, blackened metal wheelsets, and AutoLatch couplers. Single car and four-pack. Prices to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Pullman-Standard PS-2 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity covered hopper. CSX (Seaboard Coast Line patchout). Metal wheelsets and AutoLatch couplers. Single car (two road numbers) and four-pack. Prices to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Z scale passenger cars
Northern Pacific heavyweight North Coast Limited. Paired-window coach; 36-seat diner; three 8-section, 1-drawing-room, 2-compartment sleepers (Chief Many Horns, Chief Red Thunder, and Chief Standing Bull); Railway Express Agency baggage car; Railway Post Office mail storage car no. 92; and observation car. AutoLatch couplers and metal wheelsets. Car names and numbers offered only in set. Price to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Northern Pacific heavyweight North Coast Limited. Paired-window coach; 36-seat diner; three 8-section, 1-drawing-room, 2-compartment sleepers (Chief Many Horns, Chief Red Thunder, and Chief Standing Bull); Railway Express Agency baggage car; Railway Post Office mail storage car no. 92; and observation car. AutoLatch couplers and metal wheelsets. Car names and numbers offered only in set. Price to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Northern Pacific heavyweight passenger cars. Observation car no. 1718; paired-window coach; Railway Express Agency no. 1500; Railway Post Office mail storage car; United States Mail Railway Post Office; 8-section, 1-drawing-room, 2-compartment sleeper (Chief Baptista, Chief Big Medicine, and Chief Black Bear); 28-seat, 1-drawing-room parlor car (two car numbers); and 36-seat diner. AutoLatch couplers and metal wheelsets. Prices to be announced. American Z Line, 614-764-1703, www.americanzline.com
Miscellaneous
JT’s Mega-Steam Smoke Fluid. Petroleum-based formula available in 46 scents. Smoke is non-toxic and quick dissipating. Safe in all manufacturers’ smoke units. Two-ounce dropper bottle, $5; eight-ounce refill bottle, $16. Mega-Steam, 434-589-2660, www.megasteam.com
JT’s Mega-Steam Smoke Fluid. Petroleum-based formula available in 46 scents. Smoke is non-toxic and quick dissipating. Safe in all manufacturers’ smoke units. Two-ounce dropper bottle, $5; eight-ounce refill bottle, $16. Mega-Steam, 434-589-2660, www.megasteam.com
Note that Walthers has already announced three new body styles for its HO Mainline series of models of Budd-built stainless steel passenger train cars: an RPO-baggage car, a small-window coach and an observation car. They're all estimated to arrive early in 2016.
N scale train sets – 1988 Paris-Hong Kong Orient Express is not evident on the Kato main page. Howver, here is a good link:
http://www.katousa.com/PDF/Kato-Lemke-OrientExpress.pdf