News & Products for the week of May 31, 2007

HO scale locomotives
General Electric U25B diesel locomotive. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (early cab). Büehler can motor with flywheels; brass m.u. hoses, air hoses, and windshield wipers; steel grab irons and coupler lift bars; and operating headlight. $149.95. Ready-to-run. Executive Series. Bowser

Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive. Tuscan Red. Die-cast metal chassis, can motor with bell-shaped armature, Kadee-compatible couplers, and RP-25 wheelsets. $659. Ready-to-run. Märklin Inc.

HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight cars. Lehigh Valley and Reading 55-ton fishbelly hoppers ($12.95) and Canadian Pacific and Rock Island 70-ton offset triple hoppers ($12.95). Injection-molded plastic with separate brake wheel, air reservoir, and control valve; McHenry knuckle couplers; and plastic trucks and wheelsets. Ready-to-run. Bowser

40-foot boxcars. Great Northern 30000-series double-sheathed and 31000-series single-sheathed boxcars; Northern Pacific 9480-series boxcar; and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class XM-31 single-sheathed boxcar. Vacuum-cast gray urethane kits with proprietary decals and detail parts but no trucks and couplers. $34 plus $4 shipping for up to five kits. Sunshine Models

HO scale details and accessories
Laser-milled styrene products. Wheelset masks for Athearn, Atlas, Broadway Limited, Kato USA, and Tower 55 six-axle locomotive trucks. Two-pack $4.50. Wheelset masks for four-axle freight car trucks. Four-pack $4.95. Concrete grade crossing kit. $8.50. Summit USA

N scale diesel locomotive
Central California Traction Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Two road numbers. $97.95. July 2007. Ready-to-run. Produced by Atlas Model Railroad Co., distributed by Petersen Supply Co.

N scale freight cars
Pennsylvania RR class GLa two-bay hopper. Pennsylvania RR and undecorated. Injection-molded plastic models. $13.95. Ready-to-run. Bowser

Central California Traction offset-cupola caboose. Two road numbers. $10.95. July 2007. Ready-to-run. Produced by Atlas Model Railroad Co., distributed by Petersen Supply Co.

O scale structure
Mount Albert Brewery. Laser-cut sheetwood and plywood kit with cast-resin detail parts, real wood shingles, and full-size architectural drawings. Measures 9″ x 12″. Limited run of 150 models. $200. Mount Albert Scale Models

Electronics/Controls
Prodigy Advance wireless Digital Command Control (DCC) system. Duplex radio control system enables operation and programming of locomotives and associated track accessories. Includes rechargeable battery and built-in charger. $599.98. Conversion set for Prodigy Express and Prodigy Advance $289.98. Wireless walkaround $189.98. Model Rectifier Corp.

MX690S and MX690V diesel sound decoders. Universal sound for large scale diesel locomotives. Produced by Zimo, distributed by Model Railroad Solutions

Uncoupler for hook-and-loop couplers. Actuated by a servo and controlled with Zimo MX69/MX90 large scale decoders. Four servo outputs enable uncoupling single and double hooks, moving coupler hook horizontally, and uncoupling on curved track. Produced by Zimo, distributed by Model Railroad Solutions

Decals
Assorted decals. Chicago Great Western articulated flatcar; Ferromex three-bay covered hopper; Quanah, Acme & Pacific (QA&P) 50-foot boxcar; and QA&P caboose. N and HO scale sets $3.50; S and O scale sets $6.75. Shipping $1.75. Oddballs Decals

Scenery
Midtown photo backdrop. 1950s LCL freight warehouse and trackside factory. Measures 8″ x 96-1/4″. Printed on 24-pound paper and packaged in 8-1/2″ x 14″ panels for seamless assembly. $29.95. BPH Enterprises

Adhesive
Two-part epoxy-free adhesive. Bonds plastic, wood, ABS, and more. $14.95. This Glue Works

Manufacturers featured in this week’s news and products
Bowser, P. O. Box 322, Montoursville, PA 17754; www.bowser-trains.com

BPH Enterprises, 22 Brunton Crescent, Barrie, ON, L4N 7H4, Canada; www.sceniking.com

Märklin Inc., P.O. Box 510559, New Berlin, WI 53151; www.marklin.com

Mount Albert Scale Models, 18647 Centre Rd., Mt. Albert, ON, L0G 1M0, Canada; www.mtalbert.com

Model Railroad Solutions, 1195 Velrose Dr., Kelowna, B.C., Canada V1X 6R7; www.mrsonline.net

Model Rectifier Corp., 80 Newfield Ave., Edison, NJ 08837; www.modelrectifier.com

Oddballs Decals, 26550 227th St., McLouth KS 66054; www.oddballsdecals.org

Petersen Supply Co., 12248 SW 34th Ave., Portland, OR 97219; www.petersensupply.com

Summit USA, 512 Ford St., Lake Charles, LA 70601; www.summit-customcuts.com

Sunshine Models, P.O. Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808

This Glue Works, P.O. Box 2420, Seabrook, NH 03874