HO North American Product News

[torikoos]

New announcement from Athearn, 

 

Always good to see of course, but what is different here is that also Athearn seems to have switched to ESU Loksound decoders, at least for this steamer.

I personally applaud that change, they are excellent decoders.

 

http://www.athearn.com/newsletter/112516/01_GEN_FEF_4-8-4_Northern_112516.pdf

 

 

[shortliner]

ITEMS FOR LOADS

 

Saw this on the Big Blue Forum this morning - these may be useful and appear to come in multiple scales - they certainly look good and appear  relatively reasonably priced

 

http://www.juweela.de/en/products/categories/sc/187.html

Edited December 5, 2016 by shortliner

[Class 74]

 Athearn seems to have switched to ESU Loksound decoders, at least for this steamer.

 

 

Now, that's good news!!!

 

I don't like Tsunami's, I can't do a start up or a engine shut down! Hopefully they will put a ESU in the new SDP40F...

[Talltim]

Loads of new stuff announced recently
Scale Trains GE Tier 4 GEVo (ET44AC/C45AH/ET44C4/ET44AH)


Expected Summer 2017
Operator (basic detail) and Rivet Counter (high detail) versions
GE Demonstrator, BNSF, CSX YN3), Canadian Northern, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific,
Canadian National.
Detail variations for the different operators' models

Edited April 5, 2017 by Talltim

[Talltim]

Intermountain PS 4785 cuft covered hopper

 

 

Built from 1967 by Pullman Standard. Early, late and H100-21 version. Etched roofwalks and wire grabs. Not previously available RTR, although there was a kit from Railyard Models.RR and private paint schemes, also undecorated kits. Due Q1 2018

www.intermountain-railway.com/reservationflyers/RF0117HOandNHoppersEarly.jpg

www.intermountain-railway.com/reservationflyers/RF0117HOandNHoppersLate.jpg

www.intermountain-railway.com/reservationflyers/RF0117HOandNHoppersH100.jpg

Edited January 30, 2017 by Talltim

[Talltim]

PWRS/NARC Pullman Standard 5077cuft 50' Single Door Boxcar
 

 
Pullman Standard built 4,301 5077 cubic foot plate B box cars with sliding doors between October 1972 and August 1979 for seven original customers. In addition, Pullman supplied a total of 300 superstructure kits(car bodies and doors - Berwick Forge and Fabricating supplied the underframes)  to Golden Tye at Pickens, South Carolina for assembly during 1975-76 for the National Railway Utilization Company (NRUC). These kit cars were originally operated by St. Lawrance Railroad and Pickens Railway with NSL and PICK reporting marks during the IDP boom.

Two body styles, 10 and 12 rib,  5 sill styles, 2 roof types, 3 end types, 8 door types
See the PWRS page (Linked above) for a comprehensive article on variants

 

Expected Dec 2017

[Talltim]

ScaleTrains Thrall 5750 and 4727 Carbon Black hoppers

 

 

During the 1970s, Thrall Manufacturing Co. introduced a new railcar designed for handling carbon black.  These 3-bay, 70-ton capacity covered hopper cars boasted a volume of 5750 cubic feet, and measured 51’ over their ends.  Unlike traditional covered hopper designs, where the end slope sheets are plainly visible, these cars featured an enclosed, boxy design, which was a necessity due to a special design feature to aid in the unloading of carbon black. 

At the inside ends of the car are special inflatable bags, called “granuflators”.  When the car is loaded, they lay flat inside the car.  When inflated with pressurized air, the granuflators expand, and push the carbon black towards the outlets.  And as typical with cars designed to haul carbon black, they featured tight-sealing 16” round roof hatches (22 hatches on most, but some customers specified 28), sampling spigots on the car sides, and “butterfly” type outlet gates. 

The first version, the “1970s” 5750, represents Thrall 5750 production from approximately 1977 until 1979, which featured ten column-style posts per side, and a unique roofline.  While the ends are peaked, and the end roof panels feature a single slope, the remaining roof panels feature a dual slope and a steep shoulder where it meets the side plate. 

The second version, the “1980s” 5750, represents Thrall 5750 production from 1979 to 1989, which featured twelve column-style posts per side, and a revised roofline that saw the dual-slope and shoulder roofline continue from end to end.

 

 

In 1992, Thrall introduced the 4727 cubic foot carbon black covered hopper.  In contrast with the boxy 5750 cubic foot design, this newer design more closely resembles traditional covered hoppers.  Similar in appearance to “high-hip” grain hoppers, these cars featured three bays, external posts, and “open” ends with visible slope sheets.   Common with their larger 5750cf cousins, these 70-ton cars feature “butterfly” outlets, multiple round loading hatches on the car roof (22 or 28 depending upon customer specifications), and sampling spigots mounted into small indents in the car sides.

 

Due Summer 2017

Edited January 30, 2017 by Talltim

[Talltim]

Westerfield Models S-40-1 Pressed Steel Underframe Stock Car

 

 

Operating era: 1905-1951. A series of kits for the S-40-1 Pressed Steel Underframe Stock Car for the Union Pacific and subsidiaries Oregon Short Line (OSL) and Los Angeles & Salt Lake (LA&SL). These 36 foot, 6 inch fishbelly side frame cars, sometimes referred to as Harriman Standard design cars, were built in 1905. The pressed steel underframe was first developed by the Pressed Steel Car Co with the Harriman mechanical design department developing theirs concurrently.

 

First new kit from the new owners of Westerfield Models Cast resin kit with Tahoe Models trucks. Available in different versions, earlier and later periods, double and single decked

Edited January 30, 2017 by Talltim

[Talltim]

Athearn Genesis ACF 4600 cu. ft. Centerflow hopper

 

 

Built from 1967 by American Car and Foundry for loads such as grain, corn and similar bulk commodities.

 

Three body styles; Early- high side ladder & brake wheel, single side stiffener; Mid- low brake wheel, short side ladders both ends, single side stiffener;  Late- as above but with double side stiffeners (post 1971)
Photo-etched metal roofwalk and wire grabs

 

Available as single cars and three-packs: BN (green, big herald), General Chemical (gray, big name & logo), KCS (red or brown, big initials), L&N (blue, big yellow fancy italic initials), Santa Fe (mineral red, Roman name), Soo Line (white or light gray with big black name and grain logo), Western Pacific (gray, big black name). Also undecorated single.

 

Due December 2017

 

[dibber25]

 

Loads of new stuff announced this recently

Scale Trains GE Tier 4 GEVo (ET44AC/C45AH/ET44C4/ET44AH)

GECX_2020.jpg

 

Expected Summer 2017

Operator (basic detail) and Rivet Counter (high detail) versions

GE Demonstrator, BNSF, CSX YN3), Canadian Northern, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific,

Canadian Northern

Detail variations for the different operators' models

CN Canadian National presumably? Canadian Northern disappeared in the steam era, did it not?

 

[Talltim]

Wheels of Time Gunderson 62-ft 70 ton Flat Car

 

 

Not a new model, but a re-run by a little known manufacturer. Flat and bulkhead flat versions

250 were built for the SP in 1965, half as flats and half as bulkhead flats. The Golden West repaints came in the 1990s

Bulkhead timbering comes separately for the modeller to distress to taste before fitting

 

Golden West Service bulkhead flat

Cotton Belt flat and bulkhead flat

Southern Pacific bulkhead flat

Also CP and KSC 'near enough' flats

Edited January 30, 2017 by Talltim

[Talltim]

 

CN Canadian National presumably? Canadian Northern disappeared in the steam era, did it not?

 

Are you some sort of editor?

Thanks, duly corrected

[Dr Gerbil-Fritters]

New announcement from Athearn, 

 

Always good to see of course, but what is different here is that also Athearn seems to have switched to ESU Loksound decoders, at least for this steamer.

I personally applaud that change, they are excellent decoders.

 

http://www.athearn.com/newsletter/112516/01_GEN_FEF_4-8-4_Northern_112516.pdf

 

ah, but will she go chonkchonkchonkchonk like the real thing?

 

see at 4.50 onwards

 

[dibber25]

 

Are you some sort of editor?

Thanks, duly corrected

 

Yes, 'sort of' is right - but I'm never sure of my North American shortlines and I did wonder if Canadian Northern had been resurrected for some remote line, hence the question mark. (CJL)

[Mike Boucher]

PWRS/NARC Pullman Standard 5077cuft 50' Single Door Boxcar

 

PS.jpg

 

Pullman Standard built 4,301 5077 cubic foot plate B box cars with sliding doors between October 1972 and August 1979 for seven original customers. In addition, Pullman supplied a total of 300 superstructure kits(car bodies and doors - Berwick Forge and Fabricating supplied the underframes)  to Golden Tye at Pickens, South Carolina for assembly during 1975-76 for the National Railway Utilization Company (NRUC). These kit cars were originally operated by St. Lawrance Railroad and Pickens Railway with NSL and PICK reporting marks during the IDP boom.

Two body styles, 10 and 12 rib,  5 sill styles, 2 roof types, 3 end types, 8 door types

See the PWRS page (Linked above) for a comprehensive article on variants

 

Expected Dec 2017

 

Here's the flyer that PWRS/NARC was handing out at the big Railroad Hobby Show in Springfield, MA last weekend.  They announced it at the show.

 

 

I talked to the guys, they said they're producing 90+ different, prototypically correct, configurations/paintschemes.  For each version, 6 different road numbers, but only 50 cars each road number.... Ambitious to say the least.  If there's one particular car you need to have, order it early!

[shortliner]

Way Down Prices on TrackMobiles ( and others )

 

http://editor.ne16.com/vo/?FileID=0009eb27-b4c9-4af1-830d-01567f5c870f&m=7873900f-6b30-4874-8061-26bc03f7c7dd&MailID=33021556&listid=20514

[Talltim]

Scaletrains Greenbriar/Gunderson 5188 Cu Ft Covered Hopper

 

 

These cars were first in 2007 with several design changes including the quantity and width of panels used to construct the car sides, addition of two or four large horizontal ribs on the car sides, and placement and design of pulling loops. They are common on grain trains in the midwest and west.

 

Available in Rivet Counter and Operator versions

 

Four different body styles, two different hatch types, three different outlet gate options mixed and matched to provide owner specific combinations of details

 

BNSF (and various predecessors) Brown or Grey

UP Grey

KCS Black

AOK Brown

CMO/Building America Tan

[Talltim]

Tangent GATC 8000 gallon Acid Tank Cars

 

 

General American 8,000 Gallon Acid Tank Car with Welded Underframe. Following World War II, specialized liquid shippers requested new special duty tank cars, and General American Transportation Corporation met their demands by producing specific-service cars such as this 8,000 gallon acid service tank car. At the same time, General American switched from a riveted underframe and riveted tank design to a welded underframe and tank. These specific prototypes were produced between 1949 and 1960 at General American’s factory in Sharon PA. These tank cars had long service lives, lasting into the 1990s in revenue service. Acid service tank cars were commonly-seen nationwide, providing transportation for strong chemical compounds, such as hydrochloric (muriatic), hydrofluoric, phosphoric, and sulfuric acids. Acid tank cars were rubber-lined, featured one percent expansion domes on the top, and did not have bottom tank outlets.

 

- GATX "Diamond Chemical 1952+ in the black scheme with Diamond Chemical logo on the side, complete with the red diamond. The car also includes a spelled-out “Diamond Chemicals” and “Diamond Alkali Company Cleveland Ohio. 3 road nos.

- GATX "Hooker Chemicals 1950+ in the distinctive Hooker Chemicals orange and black scheme with a 1950 paint date, complete with the Hooker Chemicals flag logo, large “HOOKER” lettering, and Niagara Falls, NY car assignment labeling. 3 road nos.

- GATX "Petróleos Mexicanos 1960+  in the “off-white” leasing scheme with black band in the center and with orange boxes stating “Rentado A Petroleos Mexicanos” on one side of the car, and “Uso Exclusivo Acido Muriatico” on the other side of the car. Includes a 1960 paint date on the side of the car, One road number.

- GATX "White Lease 1980+” in the plain “white lease 1980+” scheme which includes a large black stripe in the middle of the car, as well as tiny “Dupont de Nemours” lettering for hydrochloric acid loading. The black stripe was applied by GATX leasing in an “economy” mode where it is only painted onto the top two-thirds of the tank. These cars were repainted in 1980, which of course is modeled after an exact prototype photo. These cars are documented to have lasted into the 1990s, and represents a general lease car broadly applicable across North America.Two road numbers.


- Undecorated RTR Black 1949-1951

- Undecorated RTR Black 1951-1960

- Undecorated Unpainted Kits

 

[steve1]

Now those tanks are right in my time period.

 

Hmmm...

 

steve

[Talltim]

Exactrail Southern Pacific Thrall G-100-22 100 ton gondola

 

 

A pre-announcement announcement of a model that has been a long time coming (mentions of it go back to 2012)

 

Built in 1974 by Thrall, this was SP's first 100 ton gondola. Although it looks fairly modern, details such as the shorter distance between trucks betray its age.

 

Will be first available in as built paint scheme with 9 road numbers.

Kadee 158 couplers

Wire grabs

Etched details

 

 

[Talltim]

Three new kits from Bitter Creek

 

Central Pacific Railroad 25’ 15 ton boxcar of the 1860s. 22 of these lasted until 1900

 

Freelance kit for two 4 wheeled coal Jimmies of typical of the mid 1800s

 

Freelance kit of a 32’ Sideboard flatcar 

 

Laser cut wood with cast metal and plastic detail parts. No trucks.

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Talltim

[pH]

Athearn's latest announcements completely surprised me. They include several different numbers of these - http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATHG64520 . I never thought I would see one of them RTR. The only accurate models I've seen before were an Overland brass, and a major hack of a GP50. There was talk at one time of asking Kaslo Shops to do a resin kit, but that didn't happen. 

 

Only 20 of these were built, in GP49 carbodies. All of them went to UP when they absorbed MKT, and 8 are still there (Athearn is also doing some in UP colours). The other 12 have since appeared on at least 12 regionals/industrial lines, so there's an opportunity for later releases in 'unusual' colourschemes.

 

I don't know if the piggybank will stand the cost of 2 of these, but will definitely manage 1. 

[pH]

I can't see this posted anywhere already. Perhaps it should be in a 'weathering' topic, but there are quite a few of those. Since it appears to be something only Athearn are doing, I'm putting it in this 'announcements' topic.

 

They are starting to do "Primed for Grime" products which will feature accurate patches and paint fading to replicate their in-service appearance - https://ppw-aline.com/collections/primed-for-grime . As the description says, there's no actual 'weathering' applied - that's still up to the buyer.

 

I have seen a few 'patched' models before - I have a couple of covered hoppers - but this looks as if Athearn are going to be doing this regularly.

[steve1]

I can't see this posted anywhere already. Perhaps it should be in a 'weathering' topic, but there are quite a few of those. Since it appears to be something only Athearn are doing, I'm putting it in this 'announcements' topic.

 

They are starting to do "Primed for Grime" products which will feature accurate patches and paint fading to replicate their in-service appearance - https://ppw-aline.com/collections/primed-for-grime . As the description says, there's no actual 'weathering' applied - that's still up to the buyer.

 

I have seen a few 'patched' models before - I have a couple of covered hoppers - but this looks as if Athearn are going to be doing this regularly.

 

Now that is an interesting idea and one that I hope will catch on elsewhere.

 

steve

[Talltim]

Resin Car Works AC&F Type 27, 10,000-gallon, insulated tank car

 

American Car & Foundry built 284 of these insulated Type 27 tank cars between late 1936 and mid-1938. Resin Car Works is producing four versions of these tank cars representing a few prototypes and lettering styles.

Kits are $65, plus shipping. A pair of Tahoe truck side frames are included, but couplers are not included.
Decals are included with characters printed in white.