General Electric U25B diesel locomotive. New road name: Southern Pacific (road no. 3100). Upgraded handrails, separately applied details, and RP-25 contour metal wheelsets. Bowser will donate $15 from each sale to Orange Empire Ry. Museum. Direct current, $199.95. With SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $299.95. Late 2012. Ready-to-run. Executive Line. Bowser, 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
Electro-Motive Division SD90/43MAC diesel locomotive. New road name: Indiana Rail Road. New road numbers: Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific. Five-pole motor with dual brass flywheels, eight-pin plug for Digital Command Control decoder, and 42” blackened metal wheels. $195. Ready-to-run. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
Berwick Forge & Fabricating 7,327-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar. Rock Island, Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio or Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), CSX (Family Lines System patch-out, three road numbers), Missouri Pacific (five road numbers), and Norfolk & Western. Undecorated kit also available. Six road numbers each except as noted. Injection-molded plastic body, Kadee no. 58 knuckle couplers, and 36” metal wheelsets. $30.95. Ready-to-run. Platinum series. ExactRail LLC, 866-945-1701, www.exactrail.com
Gunderson Maxi-Stack IV three-unit articulated well car. New paint scheme: Arkansas-Oklahoma RR. New road numbers: BNSF Ry. (one number), Pacer StackTrain, and TTX (one number). Two road number per scheme except as noted. Metal frame, 33” and 38” metal wheelsets, and Kato knuckle couplers. $100-$105. Ready-to-run. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
70-ton quad hopper. Baltimore & Ohio, Great Northern, New York Central, Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, and Southern Pacific. Injection-molded plastic body, metal wheelsets on metal axles, and separate brake wheel. $21.95. Ready-to-run. MTH Electric Trains, 410-381-2580, www.mthhotrains.com
Dinner Belle streamlined passenger cars. American Car & Foundry 48-seat diner (ex-Union Pacific), ACF dome-coach (ex-UP), and Pullman-Standard 68-seat diner (ex-New York Central). Factory-installed wire grab irons, Proto-Max knuckle couplers, and RP-25 contour metal wheelsets. $74.98 (dome-coach, $84.98). Ready-to-run. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Low-relief buildings. Industrial Supply Warehouse ($70, metal roll-up doors applied separately), United Trust Bank ($60), Windsor Hotel ($70), four-story parking garage ($115, includes photo backdrop of garage interior), Regal Cinema ($85), and hobby store ($65, includes photo interior). Cast-resin structures. Buildings range in depth from 1-1/8” to 3-7/8”. SceneScapes. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com
O scale details and accessories
Assorted construction equipment. 1:50 proportion. Volvo EC460CL excavator ($135) and Dynapac SD2500 CS paver ($118). Die-cast metal models. Produced by NZG, distributed by b2bReplicas.com, 417-206-9700, www.b2breplicas.com
Western Star Zodiac 4700-series trucks. 1:53 proportion. Material handler with load (white, $74.95) and dump truck with tarp (Viper Red or Light Blue, $69.95). Die-cast metal construction. Produced by Tonkin Replicas, distributed by b2bReplicas.com, 417-206-9700, www.b2breplicas.com
Tube cutting plier. V-grooved jaws hold tube, rod, and strip 3/32” to 3/8”. Narrow slot through center of the jaws guides the saw blade. Cushioned handles and spring-loaded box joint. Saw not included. $26.95. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Mini connector kit. For disconnecting motors, lights, and other circuitry inside models. Two-wire miniature connector bodies measure 3/16” x 1/4” x 3/8” when joined. Kit includes 7” wire leads and heat-shrink tubing. Four amp capacity. Ten-pack, $13.60. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Same Stuff professional plastic welder. Solvent-type cement for bonding styrene, acrylic, butyrate, and ABS plastic. Two fluid ounces. $5.25. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Books
Chicago Postwar Passenger and Commuter Trains. By John Kelly. Features photographs of locomotives, passenger and commuter equipment, and stations in and around Chicago. Prefect-bound softcover book with 68 black-and-white and 75 color photos. $34.95. Iconografix, Inc., 715-381-9755, www.enthusiastbooks.com
Boston Sand & Gravel three-bay hopper. Accurail HO scale kit custom decorated for South Shore Model Railway Club. Injection-molded plastic model with plastic wheelsets, Accumate couplers, and gravel load. Twenty-five car numbers. $19.95 each plus $5 shipping (add $1 for each additional car). Club Car, c/o Dave Clinton, 11 Hancock Rd., Hingham, MA 02043; www.ssmrc.org
Kato makes great N Scale products fellas…
I beginning to wonder about the state of N Scale model railroading. Athearn has not produced anything of note in months, and Atlas's offerings are weak. It appears that Micro Trains is the only major company to support the hobby. Exactrail and Fox Valley are also to be commented. But overall it appears that us N scalers may have to become do-it-ourselves like the S scale folks. Model Railroader continues to be a asset.
any DRg
no drg&w products
NO N SCALE WHY?………
Looking for Micro-Trains to produce their N scale HVY. WGT. sleepers for SOUTHERN PACIFIC in SP DARK OLIVE.
Will it ever happen???????
Absolutely nothing new in N-scale? Are you guys asleep at the wheel?
Nothing in N scale this month?