Model Railroader – October 2019

Multiple scales

Z scale

HO scale

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News & Products

$124.99. Micro-Trains Line Co., 541-535-

1755, http://www.micro-trains.com

N scale passenger cars

• American Car & Foundry light-
  weight coach. Great Northern (Empire
  Builder, no. 1209). Injection-molded
  plastic with side grab irons painted sil-
  ver, metal wheels, interior detail, and
  window trim. $42. RailSmith Models,
  http://www.lowellsmith.net/railsmith

N scale structures

• Bain & Mitchell Wagon Co. kit.
  Includes two farm wagons and spare
  wheels. Measures 3^5 ⁄ 8 " x 7^1 ⁄ 4 ". Ba sed on
  prototype structure in Salt Lake City.
  $69.99. RSLaserkits, 503-371-4290,
  http://www.rslaserkits.com

N scale details and accessories

• 20-foot standard height intermodal
  container. BNSF Ry. (Chicago Division).
  Injection-molded plastic container with
  prototype-specific details, inter-box con-
  necting pins, and JTC magnetic con-
  necting system (magnet on bottom and
  metal plate on top). Single container,
  $14.95. Jacksonville Terminal Co., 904-
  253-3430, http://www.jtcmodeltrains.com

O scale structures

• ABC Brewery. Kit features cast ure-
  thane walls, laser-cut wood and plastic
  parts, and custom signs. Distillery mea-
  sures 8" x 15", bottling and warehouse
  measures 8" x 12", office and administra-
  tion measures 8" x 14", and trackside
  freight dock measures 1.80" x 35".
  Complete kit, $1,150. Individual build-
  ings: distillery, $325; bottling and ware-
  house, $265; office and administration,
  $385; and square smoke stack, $75.

National

Train Show

Special!

Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. A pre-production

sample of this six-axle road unit was shown by Athearn Trains. The HO scale

Union Pacific SD70ACe is decorated in the George Bush 41 Presidential Library

and Museum scheme. The HO scale Genesis-series model is slated for release

in December 2019 and will feature a removable cab roof secured with

magnets and light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights. Direct-current

models with 21-pin NEM plug for a Digital Command Control decoder will sell

for $249.98. Versions with a dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder

will sell for $339.98. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, http://www.athearn.com

Zephyr Express. This

Digitrax Digital Command

Control starter set ($235)

includes a DCS52 all-in-one

throttle/command station/

booster, a PS314 power

supply, one LT1 LocoNet

cable and decoder test kit,

a Zephyr Express quick start

guide and manual, and a

Digitrax decoder manual. The

throttle features 2.4" liquid crystal display screen and large backlit keypad,

a speed control knob and direction switch with brake, an integrated USB

computer interface, and two- and four-digit addressing. Digitrax, 850-

9890, http://www.digitrax.com

Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive. A test shot of this classic road switcher was

shown by American Z Line. Proposed road names for the Z scale RS-3 include

Burlington Northern; Canadian National; Delaware & Hudson; Denver & Rio

Grande Western; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road; New York Central; New

York, New Haven & Hartford; Northern Pacific; Pennsylvania RR; Seaboard Air

Line; St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt); Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific.

The model will feature Association of American Railroads Type B two-axle

trucks, prototype-specific details, and AutoLatch couplers. American Z Line,

614-764-1703, http://www.americanzline.com