HO scale locomotives
Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Great Northern (Empire Builder scheme); Belt Ry. of Chicago (1950s to 1970s scheme); Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme); Erie Lackawanna (gray, maroon, and yellow scheme); and Reading Co. (yellow-and-green scheme). Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct current and Digital Command Control). Improved hood contours, factory-installed and painted wire grab irons and lift rings, and warm white light-emitting-diode headlights. Direct-current model, $199.98; with dual-mode ESU LokSound Select sound decoder, $299.98. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, walthers.com
HO scale freight cars
International Car Co. cabooses. Union Pacific welded-side cupola caboose (class CA-8, mid-1960s+ and mid-1970s+ in four road numbers each). Seaboard Air Line (four numbers) and Pittsburgh & West Virginia (two numbers). Chicago, Burlington & Quincy welded-side wide-vision caboose (classes NE-13): CB&Q (four numbers) and Fort Worth & Denver (two numbers). Digital Command Control decoder-controlled light-emitting-diode lighting, interior details, and factory-installed and painted wire grab irons. Direct-current model with lights, $109.98; with lights and dual-mode SoundTraxx SoundCar sound decoder, $149.98. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, athearn.com
HO scale passenger cars
Denver & Rio Grande Western Ski Train. Three-car sets include cafe, coach, and club car (Set one: Colorado Springs, Mount Elbert, and North Park. Set two: Glenwood Springs, Mount Evans, and Winter Park). Coaches and snack coaches also available (Mount Massive, Mount Princeton, Pikes Peak, Pyramid Peak, and LaPlata Peak). Aluminum finish; full, multi-color interior with individually installed seats; complete underbody with separate piping and conduit; ball-bearing wheelsets; track-powered interior lighting with working marker lights; and etched-metal end gates. Single cars, $109.95; three-packs, $319.95. Spring 2020. Rapido Trains, 905-474-3314, rapidotrains.com
Union Pacific 85-foot Heritage Fleet passenger cars. Standard cars: American Car & Foundry (ACF) baggage cars nos. 6334 (Art Lockman) and 5769 (American flag graphics), $84.98 each; ACF 48-seat diner nos. 4804 (City of Los Angeles) and 5011 (City of Denver), $84.98 each; ACF dome-diner nos. 8004 (Colorado Eagle) and 7011 (Missouri River Eagle), $94.98 each; ACF 44-seat coach nos. 5473 (Portland Rose), 5480 (Sunshine Special), 5486 (City of Salina), and 5483 (Texas Eagle), $84.98 each; ACF dome coach nos. 7001 (Columbine) and 7015 (Challenger), $94.98 each; and Budd 10-roomette, 6-double-bedroom sleeper no. 202 (Willie James), $84.98. Lighted cars: ACF 48-seat diner nos. 302 (Overland), 4804 (City of Los Angeles), and 5011 (City of Denver), $94.98 each; ACF dome-diner nos. 8008 (City of Portland), 8004 (Colorado Eagle), and 7011 (Missouri River Eagle), $104.98 each. ACF 44-seat coach nos. 5473 (Portland Rose), 5480 (Sunshine Special), 5486 (City of Salina), and 5483 (Texas Eagle), $94.98 each; ACF dome lounge nos. 9009 (City of San Francisco), 9004 (Harriman), and 9005 (Walter Dean), $104.98; ACF dome coach nos. 7001 (Columbine) and 7015 (Challenger), $104.98 each; and Budd 10-6 sleeper no. 202 (Willie James), $94.98. All models have factory-installed grab irons, 36” turned-metal wheelsets; and Proto-Max metal couplers. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, walthers.com
HO scale sets
War Chief. Set includes Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Electro-Motive Division F9A diesel locomotive with operating headlight; Minneapolis & St. Louis offset-side quad hopper; Burlington Northern gondola; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe wide-cupola caboose; 36” circle of E-Z Track (11 pieces of curved track and one curved plug-in terminal rerailer); power pack; and speed controller. $165. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, bachmanntrains.com
HO scale details and accessories
Assorted details. Ballast car door control battery box (two-pack, $9.98). Small end-of-train device storage rack ($11). Orange end-of-train (EOT) flag (two-pack, $6). Orange EOT devices for Kadee no. 5 and similar couplers (three-pack, $20). BNSF ballast car solar panel kit version two (two-pack with decals, $9.99). Except for flags, all details are hand-painted 3-D printed parts. MAC Rail LLC, macrailproducts.com
Allis-Chalmers HD-21 crawler and dozer. Crawler kit (no blade), $22.59. Dozer kit, $27.59. Assembled and painted crawler or dozer, $89 each. Decals (completes one model), $7. Model features urethane resin body and treads and 3-D printed acrylic blade, hydraulic cylinders, and exhaust pipe. Kits and decals, November 2020; assembled and painted models, January 2021. Wheels of Time, wheelsotime.com
N scale locomotives
General Electric Dash 8-40CM diesel locomotive. Canadian National (stripes, North America scheme, no stripes, and website); British Columbia Ry. (as-delivered scheme, post-2010, and CN website); and Quebec, North Shore & Labrador. Two to six road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (two body styles). Prototype-specific details; die-cast metal chassis; and operational headlights, rear lights, and ditch lights. Direct-current model with ESU Next18, $149.95; with dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder, $259.95. Rapido Trains Inc., 905-474-3314, rapidotrains.com
N scale freight cars
Milwaukee, Racine & Troy 45th anniversary Pullman-Standard 50-foot boxcar. One-piece injection-molded plastic body with positionable doors; etched-metal see-through crossover platforms; separate, factory-applied brake wheel; plastic stirrup steps; plastic and metal underbody; pin-mounted roller-bearing trucks with plastic wheelsets; and truck-mounted Magne-Matic couplers. $39.98. Produced by Micro-Trains Line Co., available from Kalmbach Hobby Store, KalmbachHobbyStore.com
N scale sets
Roaring Rails. Set includes BNSF Ry. Electro-Motive Division GP40 with diesel locomotive sound package and operating headlight, Canadian National 40-foot gondola, Union Pacific 50-foot boxcar, BNSF Ry. wide-cupola caboose, E-Z Command control center with wall pack and plug-in wiring, and 24” x 34” oval of E-Z track. $449. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, bachmanntrains.com
O scale freight cars
36-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car. New paint schemes: Rex Canned Meats, Agar Packing Co., Dold Packing Co., Lange Creamery, New York Despatch, Nuckoll’s Refrigerator Line, Pittsburgh Provision & Packing, and Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Lard. Two road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated (with and without truss rods. Plastic body, die-cast metal chassis, and 33” metal wheelsets. $79.95 (undecorated, $69.95). Third quarter 2019. Master Line. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, atlasrr.com
Z scale details and accessories
Etched-brass details. Cross bar fence (420 scale feet, three sizes). Four-scale-foot tall chain link fence (240 scale feet with gates and posts). Industrial fence (240 scale feet with stair railing and posts). See-through grating (350 scale feet with 4 x 6 panels). Spear point fence (350 scale feet with 3-D points). Split rail fence (240 scale feet with front and rear posts). Three-rail corral fence (240 scale feet with gates and posts). Three-strand barbed-wire fence (240 scale feet with posts). Twelve-scale-foot tall security fence (140 scale feet with gates and posts). Photo-etched brass. Can be spray painted or chemically blackened. Requires metal cutting shears, light-duty pliers for bending, and glue. $14.95 per pack. Model Builder’s Supply Line. The N Scale Architect, 607-746-8416, thenarch.com
