News & Reviews News News & Products for July 23, 2009

News & Products for July 23, 2009

By Angela Cotey | July 23, 2009

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

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HO scale locomotives

Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry., CSX, Illinois Central, Iowa Interstate, Louisville & Nashville, and Penn Central. Two road numbers each. Factory-installed wire grab irons and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $69.98. November 2009. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains

Bachmann HO scale Union Pacific Electro-Motive Division DD40ax Centennial diesel locomotive
Bachmann HO scale Union Pacific Electro-Motive Division DD40ax Centennial diesel locomotive
Union Pacific Electro-Motive Division DDA40X Centennial diesel locomotive. Four road numbers available. Two skew-wound motors with four flywheels, dual-mode Digital Command Control decoder with eight-pin plug, and E-Z Mate Mark II magnetic knuckle couplers. $125. Ready-to-run. Bachmann

HO scale freight cars

50-foot mechanical refrigerator car. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Fruit Growers Express; Great Northern; and Pacific Fruit Express. Two car numbers each. Metal wheelsets and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $17.98. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains

Single-dome tank car. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; British Columbia Ry.; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Pacific Great Eastern; Southern Pacific; and Union Tank Car. Two car numbers each. Metal wheelsets and McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $18.98. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains

Drop-bottom gondola. Illinois Central, Soo Line, Southern Pacific (composite sides with plywood extensions, 12 road numbers available), Union Pacific, and Western Pacific. Unless noted, gondolas have steel sides and eight car numbers. Metal wheelsets and Kadee magnetic knuckle couplers. $33.95; SP beet gondola, $36.95. Spring 2010. Ready-to-run. InterMountain Railway Co.

Chicago Great Western NE-5 caboose. Available in as-delivered scheme (two car numbers), maroon single stripe (two car numbers) or two-stripe (both with 24-inch herald), maroon with 36″ herald, maroon with sill reflectors (two numbers), and red with 36″ herald or with sill reflectors. Etched-metal details, metal wheelsets, and Kadee magnetic knuckle couplers. $49.95. February/March 2010. Ready-to-run. Made by Centralia Car Shops, distributed by InterMountain Railway Co.

White Pass & Yukon HOn3 30-foot composite-frame gondola. Comes with rock load and magnetic knuckle couplers. $39.95. Ready-to-run. Micro-Trains Line Co.

United States Railroad Administration 55-ton steel twin hopper. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis (“Big Four,” New York Central herald); Chesapeake & Ohio; Clinchfield; New York Central; and Pennsylvania. Also offered in non-prototypical paint schemes: Baltimore & Ohio; Central RR of Pennsylvania; Chicago & North Western; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Erie RR; Lehigh & New England; Milwaukee Road; Norfolk & Western; Pittsburgh & West Virginia; Union Pacific; and Western Maryland. Metal wheelsets and magnetic knuckle couplers. Individual cars, $29.95; six-pack, $169.95 (two differently numbered packs available). Ready-to-run. M.T.H. Electric Trains

40-foot wood boxcar. Denver & Rio Grande Western; Great Northern; Nickel Plate Road; Rock Island; San Diego & Arizona Eastern; and Spokane, Portland & Seattle. Two car numbers each. Metal wheelsets and McHenry magnetic knuckle couplers. $16.98. October 2009. Ready-to-run. Roundhouse

HO scale passenger cars

1941 Empire State Express lightweight passenger cars. Detailed interiors, separate metal handrails, and Kadee-compatible magnetic knuckle couplers. Tavern-lounge-baggage, $69.95; two-car coach set or two-car parlor/diner set, $134.95; and five-car set (includes Railway Post Office-baggage, parlor, coach, diner, and tavern-lounge-observation), $329.95. Ready-to-run. M.T.H. Electric Trains

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Austin, Texas) light-rail commuter car. New tooling, Digital Command Control socket, and light-emitting diode interior lighting. Limited edition; comes with numbered certificate. Direct-current model with lighting, €550; alternating current version, €585. Ready-to-run. Signalmeister Modellbau

Pullman-Standard 10-roomette, 6-double-bedroom sleeping car. Pennsylvania RR (Armour Yellow and Harbour Mist Gray Union Pacific through service scheme); Penn Central; Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac; and Seaboard Coast Line. Flush-fitting windows and doors, sprung diagrams, and Proto-Max magnetic knuckle couplers. $44.98. November 2009. Ready-to-run. Wm. K. Walthers Inc.

HO scale details and accessories

45-foot container three-packs. CMA CGM, Maersk Sealand, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, NYK Logistics, Orient Overseas Container Line, and P&O. Stacking linkages and separate closure rods. $29.98 per three-pack. November 2009. Athearn Trains

45-foot chassis two-packs. China Shipping, Crowley, K-Line, Maersk Sealand, Matson, and P&O. Two chassis numbers (different from previously offered). New tooling and two new container floors to replace floors in older containers. $22.98 per two-pack. October 2009. Athearn Trains

Paul M. Preiser GmbH HO scale zoo animals
Paul M. Preiser GmbH HO scale zoo animals
Zoo animals. Individually sold hand-painted plastic figures. Chimpanzee, young chimpanzee, seals, or young orangutan, $3.99. Young Indian rhinoceros, young African rhinoceros, reindeer, penguin, brown bear, young polar bear, or kangaroo, $4.99. Indian rhinoceros, African rhinoceros, buffalo, lion, polar bear, standing brown bear, white horse, black horse, or grazing horse, $6.99. Paul M. Preiser GmbH

N scale freight cars

50-foot modern tank car. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; Eaglebrook; LLCX; Pemex; Southern Pacific; and Union Tank Line. Two car numbers available. Ex-Model Die Casting tooling with McHenry scale magnetic knuckle couplers. $14.98. November 2009. Ready-to run. Micro Engineering Co

53-foot bulkhead flatcar. Burlington Northern; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern (Big Sky Blue); Northern Pacific; Soo Line; and Trailer Train. Two car numbers each; also available undecorated. Die-cast metal underframe and McHenry magnetic knuckle couplers. $16.98. October 2009. Ready-to-run. Athearn Trains

73-foot center beam flatcar. BNSF Ry., British Columbia Ry. (with opera window beam), Canadian Pacific, Cascade Western (with opera window beam), and Trailer Train (with open panel beam). Eight car numbers each. Micro-Trains trucks and magnetic knuckle couplers. $21.95. Spring 2010. Ready-to-run. InterMountain Railway Co.

Five-unit articulated double-stack well car. Trailer Train. Four sets available with new road numbers. Die-cast metal body with plastic details. $49.98. November 2009. Ready-to-run. Wm. K. Walthers Inc.

N scale passenger cars

Lightweight passenger cars. Shasta smooth-side coaches: Amtrak (phase 1) and Southern Pacific (Sunset Limited paint scheme). Fluted-side coaches: Amtrak (phase 1), Nickel Plate Road, and Norfolk & Western. Three car numbers each. Wire grab irons, lighted and detailed interiors, and Micro-Trains trucks and magnetic knuckle couplers. $33.95. Spring 2010. Ready-to-run. Made by Centralia Car Shops, distributed by InterMountain Railway Co.

Deluxe Innovations N scale assorted intermodal containers and trailers
Deluxe Innovations N scale assorted intermodal containers and trailers
N scale details and accessories

Assorted intermodal containers and trailers. Swift 53-foot American Highways trailers (pictured). Two trailer numbers available; $17.95 each. APL 48-foot smooth-side container, $16.95 per two-pack. “K” Line 40-foot Hi-Cube corrugated container, $34.95 per five-pack. Sea-Land 40-foot container chassis, $22.95 per two-pack. First quarter 2010. DeLuxe Innovations

Bachmann On2-1/2 Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive with steel cab
Bachmann On2-1/2 Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive with steel cab
O scale locomotives

On2-1/2 Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive with steel cab. Greenbriar & Big Run Lumber Co. and East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (green with gold linings and red windows or black with red windows and white pinstripes). Also available painted and unlettered (black, black with red windows and white trim, or with a black wood cab). Dual-mode Digital Command Control decoder, flywheel drive motor, and E-Z Mate Mark II magnetic knuckle couplers. $350. Ready-to-run. Bachmann

S scale details and accessories

New York Harbor 85-foot diesel tugboat kit. Carved basswood hull, laser-cut wood and etched-brass details, and die-cast metal fittings. $245 per kit; $2,200 per finished model. Great American Work Boats line. BlueJacket Shipcrafters

American Z Lines Z scale American Car & Foundry three-bay covered hopper
American Z Lines Z scale American Car & Foundry three-bay covered hopper
Z scale freight cars

American Car & Foundry three-bay covered hopper. BNSF Ry., Burlington Northern, Soo Line (Canadian Pacific reporting marks, one set of car numbers), and Union Pacific. Each roadname has two differently numbered four-packs unless otherwise noted; single cars have a different number than the four-pack. Etched-brass running boards, blackened metal wheels, and AutoLatch magnetic knuckle couplers. $107 per four-pack, $34 per single car. American Z Lines.

Large scale cars

1:12- and 1:8-proportion four-wheel pump handcar kit. Includes laser-cut aluminum frame and platform, machined-steel wheels, and etched-brass journal boxes and walking beam. $295 per 1:12-proportion kit, $345 per 1:8-proportion kit. Alameda Car Works

Multiple-scale locomotives

Electro-Motive Division F7 diesel locomotives. A and B units sold separately. Alaska RR (three numbers per A unit, one number per B unit); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (yellow and silver warbonnet; three numbers per A unit, two per B); Minneapolis & St. Louis (A unit only, three numbers); Missouri Pacific (Jenks Blue scheme); National Railways of Mexico (three numbers per A unit, B is unnumbered); Norfolk & Western (A unit only); Reading RR; and Seaboard Coast Line. Unless noted, four numbers per A unit, three numbers per B. HO scale equipped with Kadee magnetic knuckle couplers. N scale equipped with Micro-Trains magnetic knuckle couplers. HO scale: With Digital Command Control and sound, A unit $169.95, B unit $164.95; direct-current model, A unit $99.95, B unit $94.95. N scale: DC models only, A unit $89.95, B unit $84.95. Spring 2010. Ready-to-run. InterMountain Railway Co.

Club items

2010 Northern Pacific calendar. Offered by Northern Pacific Ry. Historical Association (NPRHA). Twelve-month, 8-1/2″ x 11″ calendar with 13 large color and black-and-white photos and important dates in NP history. $7 plus $1.50 shipping. To order: NPRHA calendars, 2599 E. Madison St., Seattle, WA 98112. For information: www.nprha.org.

Manufacturers featured in this week’s News & Products

Alameda Car Works
1565 Harriet Lane
Anaheim, CA 92802
888-808-7861
www.alamedacarworks.com

American Z Lines
6142 Northcliff Blvd.
Dublin, OH 43016
614-764-1703
www.ztrack.com

Athearn Trains
2883 E. Spring St. Ste 100
Long Beach, CA 90806
310-763-7140
www.athearn.com

Bachmann
1400 E. Erie Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215-533-1600
www.bachmanntrains.com

BlueJacket Shipcrafters
160 E. Main Street
Searsport, ME 04974
800-448-5567
www.bluejacketinc.com

DeLuxe Innovations
9 Whippany Rd., Unit 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
973-887-3919
www.deluxeinnovations.com

InterMountain Railway Co.
P.O. Box 839
Longmont, CO 80502
303-772-1901
intermountain-railway.com

Micro-Trains Line Co.
P.O. Box 1200
Talent, OR 97540
541-535-1755
www.micro-trains.com

MTH Electric Trains
7020 Columbia Gateway Dr.
Columbia, MD 21046
410-381-2580
www.mthhotrains.com

Paul M. Preiser GmbH
Postfach 1233
91534 Rothenburg o.d.T
Germany
011-49-98616001
www.figuren.de

Roundhouse
1550 Glenn Curtiss St.
Carson, CA 90746
310-763-7140
www.roundhousetrains.com

Signalmeister Modellbau
Anton Lehmanngasse 15
Graz, A-8042
Austria
43-0316-226190
signalmeister.at

Wm. K. Walthers Inc.
P.O. Box 3039
Milwaukee, WI 53201
414-527-0770
www.walthers.com

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