General Electric U25B diesel locomotive. New road name: Southern Pacific (road no. 3100). Upgraded handrails, separately applied details, and RP-25 contour metal wheelsets. Bowser will donate $15 from each sale to Orange Empire Ry. Museum. Direct current, $199.95. With SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $299.95. Late 2012. Ready-to-run. Executive Line. Bowser, 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
Electro-Motive Division SD90/43MAC diesel locomotive. New road name: Indiana Rail Road. New road numbers: Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific. Five-pole motor with dual brass flywheels, eight-pin plug for Digital Command Control decoder, and 42” blackened metal wheels. $195. Ready-to-run. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
Berwick Forge & Fabricating 7,327-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar. Rock Island, Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio or Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), CSX (Family Lines System patch-out, three road numbers), Missouri Pacific (five road numbers), and Norfolk & Western. Undecorated kit also available. Six road numbers each except as noted. Injection-molded plastic body, Kadee no. 58 knuckle couplers, and 36” metal wheelsets. $30.95. Ready-to-run. Platinum series. ExactRail LLC, 866-945-1701, www.exactrail.com
Gunderson Maxi-Stack IV three-unit articulated well car. New paint scheme: Arkansas-Oklahoma RR. New road numbers: BNSF Ry. (one number), Pacer StackTrain, and TTX (one number). Two road number per scheme except as noted. Metal frame, 33” and 38” metal wheelsets, and Kato knuckle couplers. $100-$105. Ready-to-run. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, www.katousa.com
70-ton quad hopper. Baltimore & Ohio, Great Northern, New York Central, Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, and Southern Pacific. Injection-molded plastic body, metal wheelsets on metal axles, and separate brake wheel. $21.95. Ready-to-run. MTH Electric Trains, 410-381-2580, www.mthhotrains.com
Dinner Belle streamlined passenger cars. American Car & Foundry 48-seat diner (ex-Union Pacific), ACF dome-coach (ex-UP), and Pullman-Standard 68-seat diner (ex-New York Central). Factory-installed wire grab irons, Proto-Max knuckle couplers, and RP-25 contour metal wheelsets. $74.98 (dome-coach, $84.98). Ready-to-run. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Low-relief buildings. Industrial Supply Warehouse ($70, metal roll-up doors applied separately), United Trust Bank ($60), Windsor Hotel ($70), four-story parking garage ($115, includes photo backdrop of garage interior), Regal Cinema ($85), and hobby store ($65, includes photo interior). Cast-resin structures. Buildings range in depth from 1-1/8” to 3-7/8”. SceneScapes. Bachmann, 215-533-1600, www.bachmanntrains.com
O scale details and accessories
Assorted construction equipment. 1:50 proportion. Volvo EC460CL excavator ($135) and Dynapac SD2500 CS paver ($118). Die-cast metal models. Produced by NZG, distributed by b2bReplicas.com, 417-206-9700, www.b2breplicas.com
Western Star Zodiac 4700-series trucks. 1:53 proportion. Material handler with load (white, $74.95) and dump truck with tarp (Viper Red or Light Blue, $69.95). Die-cast metal construction. Produced by Tonkin Replicas, distributed by b2bReplicas.com, 417-206-9700, www.b2breplicas.com
Tube cutting plier. V-grooved jaws hold tube, rod, and strip 3/32” to 3/8”. Narrow slot through center of the jaws guides the saw blade. Cushioned handles and spring-loaded box joint. Saw not included. $26.95. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Mini connector kit. For disconnecting motors, lights, and other circuitry inside models. Two-wire miniature connector bodies measure 3/16” x 1/4” x 3/8” when joined. Kit includes 7” wire leads and heat-shrink tubing. Four amp capacity. Ten-pack, $13.60. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Same Stuff professional plastic welder. Solvent-type cement for bonding styrene, acrylic, butyrate, and ABS plastic. Two fluid ounces. $5.25. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Books
Chicago Postwar Passenger and Commuter Trains. By John Kelly. Features photographs of locomotives, passenger and commuter equipment, and stations in and around Chicago. Prefect-bound softcover book with 68 black-and-white and 75 color photos. $34.95. Iconografix, Inc., 715-381-9755, www.enthusiastbooks.com
Boston Sand & Gravel three-bay hopper. Accurail HO scale kit custom decorated for South Shore Model Railway Club. Injection-molded plastic model with plastic wheelsets, Accumate couplers, and gravel load. Twenty-five car numbers. $19.95 each plus $5 shipping (add $1 for each additional car). Club Car, c/o Dave Clinton, 11 Hancock Rd., Hingham, MA 02043; www.ssmrc.org
