Baldwin AS-16, AS-616, and DRS 6-6-1500 diesel locomotives. Lehigh Valley (AS-16, two road numbers), National Ry. of Mexico (AS-616), Norfolk Southern (pre-1982 company, AS-616), Pacific Electric (DRS 6-6-1500 with trolley pole), Peabody Coal Co. (AS-16), Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (AS-16), Union Pacific (AS-616). Four road numbers each except as noted above. Can motor with flywheels, operating headlights, and magnetic knuckle couplers. Direct-current with eight-pin plug, $179.95; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control and sound, $289.95. April 2012. Ready-to-run. Bowser, 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
73-foot center-partition bulkhead flatcar. New paint schemes: Tomahawk Ry., Arkansas-Oklahoma RR, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Coe Rail, and TTX (three car numbers). Four road numbers each except as noted above; also available undecorated. Simulated tie-loops and cable slots, detailed pull plates, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. $46.95 (undecorated, $39.95). Ready-to-run. Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
General American Type 17 8,000-gallon-capacity tank car kit. Barrett Tarvia (original or 1940s aluminum), Cities Service, Deep Rock, General American, Mid Continent, Sinclair Refining Co., and Union Tank Car Co. Cast-resin kit. $45 plus $5 shipping per five kits (Canadian residents add $15.88 per six kits). Tahoe Model Works Buckeye cast-sideframe trucks available separately, $7. Missouri residents add 7.6 percent sales tax. Sunshine Models, 417-831-0750
Community church. Factory-assembled and -decorated structure. Details include double doors with frosted glass, fieldstone foundation, clapboard siding and tall stained glass windows. $79.99. Built & Ready Landmark Structures series. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Assorted vehicles with figures. Junk cars (includes coupe and panel wagon car bodies, car parts, and assorted junk), $22.99. Disc and tractor (vintage tractor and double-disc assembly), $20.99. AutoScenes series. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
New York, New Haven & Hartford class NE-6 caboose. New paint schemes: Conrail (one car number), Susquehanna, and Wheeling & Lake Erie (one number). New road numbers: Clinchfield; Nickel Plate Road; New York, New Haven & Hartford; and Norfolk Western. Two numbers each except as noted above; also available undecorated in NH or NKP window arrangement. Detailed end rails, separately applied smokestack, and Accumate knuckle couplers. $22.95 (undecorated, $15.95). Ready-to-run. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com
Pullman 3-compartment, 2-drawing-room, lounge heavyweight sleeper-observation car. Pullman ($22.70) and Pennsylvania RR ($24.30). Both models are ready-to-run with body-mounted Magne-Matic knuckle couplers and plastic wheelsets. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trains.com
Assorted structures. Sicken Tire Co. Details include water pipes, water tower, dust collector, drainage, awning, railings, lights, and signs. Footprint is 3-1/8″ x 3-9/16″. $24.99. O’Leary Dairy Distribution. Details include swamp cooler, signs, pallets, crates, electric meter and junction box, Dumpster, and propane tank. Footprint is 2-17/32″ x 3-7/16″. $24.99. Pre-Fab Landmark Structures series. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Lubeners General Store. Factory-assembled and -decorated structure. Details include produce stand, barrels, sacks, bench, signs, curtains, and light fixtures. Price to be announced. November 2011. Built & Ready Landmark Structures series. Woodland Scenics, 573-346-5555, www.woodlandscenics.com
Z scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division F7 A and B diesel locomotives. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Magnetic knuckle couplers. Powered A unit, $129.95; dummy B unit, $49.95. Ready-to-run. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trains.com
Z scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Union Pacific 50-foot double-door boxcar, two car numbers available, $25.65. Grand Trunk Western PS-2 70-ton two-bay covered hopper, $23.10. Sun Oils Co. 39-foot single-dome tank car, $21.75. All cars are ready-to-run. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trains.com
Z scale structures
Girder bridges. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, $14.75. CSX, $13.15. Pennsylvania RR, $13.15. Injection-molded plastic with nickel silver rail. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-1755, www.micro-trains.com
Simulators
Trainz Simulator THD app. For Android mobile devices. Operate a working railroad and build and customize your own railroad. Offers advanced visual effects, such as improved lighting, weather effects, fog, and water. $5.23. N3V Games PTY Ltd., www.trainzportal.com/product_trainz_android.php
As an inveterate scratch-builder I miss the scale rolling stock drawings that used to appear in MR. Their absence has torn the heart out of my interest in model railroading. I know that MR is sitting on a stockpile of drawings. Why don't you publish them for those of us who are a little more creative than your average shake-the-box hobbiest?
It would be great if the Trainz people came out with an edition for Apple devices…
My Layout is in N scale and I wish for more cars with CPrail decaled on them. I don't use caddy couplers yet to busy building, and this time I am taking it slowly. My Railway is called the Mountain Pacific Railway and Is a branch line off the CPrail.
Thanks
Brian McLeod