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Trainfest 2008 show report
Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008
 Bowser HO scale General Electric U25B and Alco C-628 diesel locomotives
If you a current Model Railroader subscriber then don't miss the video tour of Trainfest.
HO scale locomotives
General Electric U25B and Alco C-628 diesel locomotives. U25B (pictured left): Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern; Guilford (Maine Central); Erie Lackawanna; Norfolk & Western; New York, New Haven & Hartford; and Southern Pacific. Alco C-628 (pictured right): Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Penn Central, and Southern Pacific. Brass m.u. hoses, air hoses, windshield wipers, and flywheels; steel grab irons and uncoupling levers; and Buehler can motor. Direct-current models, $169.95; with Soundtraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control and sound, $279.95. Spring/summer 2009. Ready-to-run. Executive series. Bowser
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 MTH Electric Trains HO scale United States Railroad Administration 2-8-2 light Mikado steam engine
HO scale freight cars
40-foot combination-door steel boxcar. Burlington Northern; Canadian Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Great Northern (red or blue); Milwaukee Road; Northern Pacific (red, green, or Empire Builder scheme); Pacific Great Eastern; Soo Line; and Union Pacific. Also available with data only (red, mineral red, or oxide red) or undecorated. Magnetic knuckle couplers. $12.98. Accurail
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 1,958-cubic-foot-capacity two-bay covered hopper
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 Kadee Quality Products Co. HO scale Atlantic Coast Line 50-foot cushion-underframe boxcar
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 Overland Models Inc. HO scale General Electric test car no. 90
R-70-15 57-foot mechanical refrigerator cars. American Refrigerator Transit/Missouri Pacific (Norfolk & Western repaint), Bangor & Aroostook, Pacific Fruit Express/Southern Pacific, Pacific Fruit Express/Union Pacific, and Western Fruit Express/Great Northern. Twelve road numbers each. Magnetic knuckle couplers. PFE cars $42.95; others $43.95, January 2009. Ready-to-run. Red Caboose
Assorted freight cars. Southern Pacific 37-foot Association of American Railroads boxcar and Northern Pacific wood refrigerator car. Twelve road numbers each. Magnetic knuckle couplers. $33.95. Ready-to-run. Red Caboose
Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 4,740-cubic-foot capacity covered hopper. Burlington Northern, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CSX, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Erie Lackawanna, General Electric Rail Services Corp. (TLCX), Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western, Pillsbury (TLCX reporting marks), Union Pacific, and W.W. Hill Grain Co. Roadname-specific details, wire and etched-metal details, and Kadee scale magnetic knuckle couplers. Ready-to-run: Single cars $42.95, mix-and-match six-packs $236.99, mix-and-match 12-packs $469.99, undecorated kits $24.95 each. Tangent Scale Models
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 Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Southern Pacific Daylight passenger cars
Southern Pacific Daylight passenger cars. Coast Daylight or Morning Daylight schemes. Unpainted pre-production models shown. Chair car or parlor, $69.99; Baggage/chair car or tavern, $74.99; parlor observation (shown), $89.99; articulated chair car (shown), $134.99; articulated coffee/kitchen/diner, $189.99. Lighted and detailed interiors, sprung diaphragms, and magnetic knuckle couplers. Ready-to-run. Broadway Limited Imports
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 Sylvan Scale Models HO scale LaFrance fire pumpers
LaFrance fire pumpers. Unpainted resin kits. 1947-'54 American-LaFrance cab (open or closed, pictured at left) or 1950-'53 GMC cab (open or closed, at right). $29.95. Sylvan Scale Models
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 Sylvan Scale Models HO scale Assorted unpainted resin truck kits
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 Sylvan Scale Models HO scale 1951 Dodge Coronet-Unpainted resin kits
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 Bluford Shops N scale double- and quad-plug-door auto parts boxcars
Double- and quad-plug-door auto parts boxcars. Double-door models: Grand Trunk (shown); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chesapeake & Ohio; Chicago & North Western; Conrail (two schemes available); Denver & Rio Grande; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; Louisville & Nashville; and Norfolk Southern. Quad-door: Baltimore & Ohio, Milwaukee Road, Missouri Pacific, New York Central, and Union Pacific. Etched-metal details, magnetic knuckle couplers, and cushion draft gear (non-functioning). Single cars, $24.95; two-packs, $49.90. Ready-to-run. Bluford Shops
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 Fox Valley Model Works N scale Milwaukee Road rib-side boxcars
Soo Line seven-post boxcar. Soo Line (boxcar red with white lettering, white with red door and lettering, and white with red door and black lettering), and Wisconsin Central (red). Four road numbers each. Etched-metal details, Micro-Trains trucks, and magnetic knuckle couplers. $16.95. Ready-to-run. Fox Valley Model Works
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 Aristo-Craft/Polk 1:29-proportion 32-foot two-bay coal hopper
1:29-proportion 32-foot two-bay coal hopper. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Boston & Maine; Central of New Jersey; Chessie System; Chicago & North Western; Delaware & Hudson; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Great Northern; Lehigh Valley; New York Central; Nickel Plate Road; Norfolk & Western; Pennsylvania RR; Reading Co.; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific. Also available undecorated. Sprung operating doors, removable coal load, and sprung trucks. $80. Ready-to-run. Aristo-Craft/Polk
Multiple-scale freight cars
HO and N scale CSX Evans coil steel cars. Three combinations of hoods painted for Chessie System and CSX, four road numbers each, for a total of 12 numbers available. Magnetic knuckle couplers. HO scale $39.95, N scale $24.95. January 2009. Ready-to-run. Red Caboose
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 Bachmann Add-on units for Dynamis Digital Command Control system
Add-on units for Dynamis Digital Command Control system. Dynamis Pro Box: Plug-and-play upgrade supports up to four Dynamis throttles. E-Z Command Dynamis Wireless Receiver: Expands wireless throttle reception area for Dynamis Pro system. Dynamis infrared handset: extra throttle for Dynamis system. Prices to be announced. Spring 2009. Bachmann
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 Digitrax Inc. DN163I2 Digital Command Control decoder for InterMountain N scale FP7 locomotive
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 Train Control Systems Small scale Digital Command Control decoders
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Manufacturers featured in this week's News & Products
Accurail
P.O. Box 278
Elburn, IL 60119
630-365-6400
www.accurail.com
Aristo-Craft/Polk
698 S. 21st St.
Irvington, NJ 07111
973-351-9800
www.aristocraft.com
Bachmann
1400 E. Erie Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215-533-1600
www.bachmanntrains.com
Bluford Shops
P.O. Box 152
Bluford, IL 62814
618-822-6833
www.bluford-shops.com
Bowser
P. O. Box 322
Montoursville, PA 17754
570-368-2379
www.bowser-trains.com
Broadway Limited Imports
4 Signal Ave., Ste. C
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
386-673-8900 ext.102
www.broadway-limited.com
Digitrax Inc.
2443 Transmitter Rd
Panama City, FL 32404
850-872-9890
www.digitrax.com
Fox Valley Models
P.O. Box 1970
Des Plaines, IL 60017
847-813-5172
http://foxvalleymodels.com
InterMountain Railway Co.
P.O. Box 839
Longmont, CO 80502
303-772-1901
intermountain-railway.com
Kadee Quality Products Co.
673 Ave. C
White City, OR 97503
541-826-3883
www.kadee.com
MTH Electric Trains
7020 Columbia Gateway Dr.
Columbia, MD 21046
410-381-2580
www.mthhotrains.com
Overland Models Inc.
311 S Walnut Street
Muncie, IN 47305
765-289-4257
www.overlandmodels.com
Red Caboose
P.O. Box 220
La Salle, CO 80645
970-284-6830
www.red-caboose.com
Sylvan Scale Models
32229 Sylvan Rd., Rte. 2
Parkhill, ON N0M 2K0
Canada
519-294-6601
www.isp.on.ca/Sylvan
Tangent Scale Models
P.O. Box 25005
Asheville, NC 28813
828-279-6106
www.tangentscalemodels.com
Train Control Systems
P.O. Box 341
Blooming Glen, PA 18911
215-453-9145
www.tcsdcc.com |
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