Model Railroader – September 2019

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News & Products


Conrail (gray), CSX (orange), Herzog
(Oxide Red), Norfolk Southern (orange),
RJ Corman (red), and Union Pacific
(maintenance of way green). Nine road
numbers (single car and two four-packs
per scheme). Injection-molded plastic
model with RP-25 contour machined
metal wheels, removable ballast load,
and body-mounted McHenry scale cou-
plers. $33.98; four-pack, $129.98. May


  1. Ready-to-Roll. Athearn Trains,
    800-338-4639, http://www.athearn.com



  • American Car & Foundry three-bay
    cylindrical covered hoppers. New
    paint schemes: Potacan (brown and
    white), Cancarb (black, white, and blue),
    Conrail (gray with small herald), Rail
    Logistics (CSX patchout), and Westroc
    (gray and black). New road numbers:
    Hooker Chemicals, Columbus, Miss.
    Three road numbers per scheme; also
    available undecorated. See-through run-
    ning boards, 100-ton trucks with black-
    ened metal wheels, and Accumate cou-
    plers. $36.95 (undecorated, $28.95).
    First quarter 2020. Master Line. Atlas
    Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880,
    http://www.atlasrr.com

  • Assorted freight cars. To l e d o , Pe o r i a
    & Western Pullman-Standard 40-foot
    PS-1 boxcar with 7-foot, 5-panel
    Superior doors (built 1953, repainted
    6/62), $39.95. Nashville, Chattanooga &
    St. Louis Association of American


Railroads 50-foot standard two-bay hop-
per with lump-egg coal load (built 1949),
$40.95. Injection-molded plastic models
with metal wheels and Kadee couplers.
Kadee Quality Products Co., 541-826-
3883, http://www.kadee.com


  • Sinclair Oil single-dome tank car.^
    Metal frames, separately applied details,
    vertical brake staff, metal wheels, and
    European-style couplers (can be replaced
    with knuckle couplers). Three-pack,
    $159.99. Märklin Inc., 573-365-9522,
    http://www.marklin.com

  • Bethlehem Steel Co. 52'-6" 70-ton
    riveted drop-end gondola. New paint
    schemes: Western Maryland (original
    February 1954 scheme in four numbers
    and 1967 repaint in two numbers) and
    Wabash (original 1957 scheme, four road
    numbers). Prototype-specific details,
    wire grab irons and uncoupling levers,
    and Kadee scale couplers. $38.95.
    Tangent Scale Models, 828-279-6106,
    http://www.tangentscalemodels.com

  • National Steel Car 5,150-cubic-foot-
    capacity three-bay covered hopper.
    Archer Daniels Midland (molecule logo),
    BNSF Ry. (post-2005 scheme), Canadian


Club offerings



  • Chicago & North Western
    American Car & Foundry
    4,600-cubic-foot-capacity three-
    bay Center Flow covered hopper.
    Accurail HO scale kit custom deco-
    rated for the Chicago & North
    Western Historical Society. $32 each;
    two-pack, $58 (both prices include
    shipping). Illinois residents add 9.
    percent sales tax. C&NWHS, P.O.
    Box 1068, North Riverside, IL 60546;
    http://www.cnwhs.org

  • Elmhurst Model Railroad Club
    50th anniversary 40-foot plug-
    door steel refrigerator car.
    Accurail HO scale kit custom deco-
    rated for the Elmhurst Model
    Railroad Club. One road number.
    Plastic wheelsets and Accumate cou-
    plers. $29 (shipping included).
    Elmhurst Model Railroad Club, 111
    E. 1st St., Elmhurst, IL 60126;
    http://www.emrrc.net

  • Elmhurst Model Railroad Club
    50th anniversary 60-foot cylindri-
    cal covered hopper. Bowser N scale
    car custom decorated for the
    Elmhurst Model Railroad Club. Two
    road numbers. Metal wheelsets and
    truck-mounted couplers. $35 per
    set (shipping included). Elmhurst
    Model Railroad Club, 111 E. 1st St.,
    Elmhurst, IL 60126; http://www.emrrc.net


Pullman-Standard 50-foot PS-1 plug-door boxcar. New paint schemes on
this Atlas O Master Line model include New York Central, Bangor & Aroostook,
and Canadian National. New road numbers are offered on models lettered for
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Great Northern. The boxcar ($97.95) is
offered in two numbers per scheme and undecorated. The O scale model has a
plastic body; etched-metal running boards; and separately applied grab irons,
ladders, and brake line details. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, http://www.atlasrr.com

O scale
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