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News & Products for May 8, 2008
Published: Thursday, May 08, 2008
HO scale locomotives
Alco RS-32 and RS-36 diesel locomotives. New RS-32 paint schemes: Penn Central, Arkansas & Missouri, and undecorated. New RS-32 road numbers: Chicago & North Western, New York Central, and Southern Pacific. New RS-36 paint schemes: Atlantic & Danville, Delaware & Hudson and undecorated. Two numbers per road name. Road-specific details, separately applied hand rails and grab irons, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. $84.95 (undecorated $74.95). October 2008. Ready-to-run. Trainman line. Atlas Model Railroad Co.
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 HO scale freight cars Pacific Electric 40-foot single-sheathed wood boxcar
Pacific Electric 40-foot single-sheathed wood boxcar. Limited-run Accurail kit. Two road numbers available. Separately applied brass brake staff, one-piece body and magnetic knuckle couplers. $21.81 plus $4 shipping. California residents add 8.25 percent sales tax. Alpine Division Scale Models
PS-2 2,003-cubic-foot-capacity two-bay covered hopper. New paint schemes: New York, New Haven & Hartford; Pennsylvania; Rock Island; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); Seaboard Coast Line; Tennessee Central; Wabash; and undecorated. New road numbers: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Milwaukee Road; and Western Maryland. Two numbers per road name. Road-specific trucks, detailed brake gear, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. $13.95 (undecorated $10.95). Fall 2008. Ready-to-run. Trainman line. Atlas Model Railroad Co.
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 HO scale passenger cars Steam generator car
Steam generator car. Amtrak (Phase I); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian National (1954 scheme or "wet noodle" logo); Chesapeake & Ohio; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road (1955 Union Pacific scheme); Missouri Pacific; New York Central; Northern Pacific; Pennsylvania; Union Pacific; VIA Rail; VIA Rail-Canadian National; and undecorated. Lighting and working "steam" generator operated by magnetic wand (included). Accurately detailed underbody, etched-metal platforms, and factory-applied wire grab irons. $59.95. Fall 2008. Ready-to-run. Super Continental Line. Rapido Trains
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 Heavyweight baggage-express car
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 HO scale details and accessories Assorted plastic freight car detail parts
Assorted plastic freight car detail parts. Hand brake multiple set: Injection-molded castings for 10 types of hand brakes dating from the 1930s to the present, made to fit Kadee brake wheels, $11.95. Vent-heater kit: Injection-molded castings of vents used on potato or pulp cars from 1950 and later, decals included, $6.95. Moloco
N scale locomotives
General Electric Dash 8-40B, 8-40BW and 8-32BHW diesel locomotives. New paint schemes: Dash 8-40B: Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (two road numbers); San Luis & Rio Grande (two numbers); Union Pacific; and undecorated. 8-40BW: Undecorated (standard or gull wing cab). 8-32BHW: Amtrak (Phase V) and undecorated. New road numbers: Dash 8-40B: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; CSX; and Providence & Worcester. 8-40BW: BNSF (red and silver warbonnet or Heritage 2 schemes). Three numbers per road name unless noted. Blackened wheels, Scale Speed motor, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. Direct-current model, $109.95; with Digital Command Control, $139.95. October 2008. Ready-to-run. Atlas Model Railroad Co.
N scale freight cars
United States Railroad Administration 40-foot steel rebuilt boxcar. Canadian National; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Great Northern; Lancaster & Chester; Missouri Pacific; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie; and Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific (two numbers per road name), plus undecorated (four combinations of ends and underframe available). Opening door, road-specific details, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. L&C, MP, and RS&P, $18.50; other roads, $16.50; undecorated $13.95. September 2008. Ready-to-run. Atlas Model Railroad Co.
N scale details and accessories
Etched-brass sides for Pullman-Standard smooth-side passenger cars. Car sides are designed to convert Con-Cor dome lounge to Pullman-Standard plan 7551 smooth-side dome coach or parlor cars operated by Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, Central of Georgia, Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western, and Wabash. $21.75 plus $4.50 shipping for mail orders. Brass Car Sides
O scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division SD40 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio or Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Susquehanna (one number available, not available unpowered); Western Maryland; and undecorated, low nose. New road numbers: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Two numbers per road name, except as noted. QSI digital command control with sound, dual motors with flywheels, and road-specific details. $499.95 (unpowered unit $239.95). October 2008. Ready-to-run.
Atlas O
O scale freight cars
Association of American Railroads 40-foot steel double-door boxcar. Erie, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Northern Pacific, Seaboard Coast Line, and Western Maryland, plus undecorated. Etched-metal running boards, wire grab irons, and magnetic knuckle couplers. $67.95. October 2008. Ready-to-run. Atlas O
Articulated auto carrier. New paint schemes: Florida East Coast, Norfolk Southern (second scheme) and undecorated. New road numbers: TTX and Union Pacific. Four numbers per road name. Working end doors, articulated diaphragm with three curvature settings, and separately-applied wire grab irons. $136.95. October 2008. Ready-to-run. Atlas O |
 Wood craftsman kit with brass and plastic details
O scale structures
19th-century American oil drilling site craftsman kit. Wood craftsman kit with brass and plastic details. Based on early American prototypes. Includes power house, pump house, derrick, platform, oil jacks, and 12-volt motor to drive moving parts. 265 Euros (price in dollars will change based on exchange rate) plus shipping. Wenz-Modellbau
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 O scale details and accessories Cardboard shipping boxes
Cardboard shipping boxes. Cut-and-glue boxes in assorted sizes printed on tan cardstock. Five boxes on three cards. No cost. Send self-addressed, stamped no. 10 envelope. Aztec Manufacturing Co.
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 Z scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP9 diesel locomotives
Electro-Motive Division GP9 diesel locomotives. New paint scheme: Chicago & North Western (two numbers available). Full cab window glazing and magnetic knuckle couplers. $185.95. Ready-to-run. Micro-Trains Line Co.
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 Norfolk & Western 40-foot stockcar
Assorted freight cars. Norfolk & Western 40-foot stockcar, $18.85. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 50-foot fishbelly gondola with drop ends and gravel load, $23.50. Union Pacific PS-2 two-bay covered hopper, $17.05. Two road numbers each. Micro-Trains trucks and magnetic knuckle couplers. Ready-to-run. Micro-Trains Line Co.
Z scale details and accessories
Undecorated intermodal containers. 20-foot or 40-foot smooth-side containers. Injection-molded plastic. Four-packs, $11.95. Micro-Trains Line Co.
Multiple-scale freight cars
International Car Co. NE-6-type caboose. New paint schemes: Family Lines, Norfolk & Western (N scale only), Pittsburgh & Shawmut, Raritan River (one number available), and Wheeling & Lake Erie (N only), plus undecorated (New Haven or Nickel Plate body styles). New numbers: Conrail (HO only); New York, New Haven & Hartford (N); Nickel Plate Road (N); Norfolk & Western (HO); and Penn Central. Road-specific trucks, body styles and details, and Accumate magnetic knuckle couplers. HO scale, $28.95 (undecorated $19.95); N scale $21.95 (undecorated $14.95). September 2008. Ready-to-run. Atlas Model Railroad Co.
Electronics and controls
Sounder O scale locomotive sound module. For conventionally powered alternating current or direct current) O scale locomotives without Digital Command Control. Radio-frequency remote control, simple installation, speaker included. Steam version has selectable chuff sounds; diesel version has selectable motor sounds (Alco, SD60, SD70 or Electro-Motive Division 567B). Price and release date to be announced. Model Rectifier Corp.
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 Rusty Rails painter
Rusty Rails painter. Plastic paint bottle with attached metal nozzle and application wheel for painting sides of rails. Available in sizes for O and HO/N/Z scales. $14.95. Joe's Model Trains Co.
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Manufacturers featured in this week's News and Products
Alpine Division Scale Models
P.O. Box 6
Artesia, CA 90702
562-860-6060
Atlas Model Railroad Co.
378 Florence Ave.
Hillside, NJ 07205
800-872-2521
www.atlasrr.com
Atlas O
378 Florence Ave.
Hillside, NJ 07205
908-687-9590
www.atlasO.com
Brass Car Sides
715 S 7th St.
St. Peter, MN 56082
507-931-2784
www.brasscarsides.com
Joe's Model Trains Co.
537 W. 9th St.
Erie, PA 16502
814-434-8667
www.joesmodeltrains.com
Micro-Trains Line Co.
P.O. Box 1200
Talent, OR 97540
541-535-1755
www.micro-trains.com
Model Rectifier Corp.
80 Newfield Ave.
Edison, NJ 08837
732-225-2100
www.modelrectifier.com
Moloco
193 Lakewood Drive
Oakville, ON, Canada L6K 1B3
905-582-9421
Rapido Trains
140 Applewood Crescent
Concord, ON, Canada L4K 4E2
905-738-6445
www.rapidotrains.com
Wenz-Modellbau
Schlehenweg 4/1
D-74348 Lauffen am Neckar, Germany
0049-07133-205935
www.wenz-modellbau.de
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