Whats New
Reminder:
High price of fuel got you down? You can call, fax, mail, or email an order for products to The Train Station. We accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or American Express, or you may mail us a check or money order; we ship via UPS (United Parcel Service), most shipments are covered by our minimum shipping charge of $9.98. The shipping charge may be less than the cost of fuel for driving! Just a thought.
HO Scale:
Accurail has shipped 55 ton two bay coal hoppers in C&IM and Monon; 41 foot USRA gondola in SP; 40 foot wood reefer in Pere Marquette; 50 foot AAR combination door box car in D&H; and 70 ton triple coal hoppers in Santa Fe in a twelve number set.
Athearn has released Ready-To-Roll Kenworth tractor with 40 foot containers in Dong Fang, Matson, MOL, and Hamburg; 40 foot box cars in the five Great Northern so-called circus colors, these are a rerun; GE AC4400CW in CSX; EMD F7 AB sets in KCS (executive scheme), Union Pacific, and Pennsylvania (tuscan); heavy duty flat cars with loads in NKP, B&LE, and Reading; and the ACF 2970 covered hopper in Burlington Northern (gray) and Conrail (brown).
Atlas has shipped 1984 Ford 9000 tractors in Norfolk Southern and CSX MOW schemes; Trainman 50 foot ACF box cars in Hillsdale County, Green Mountain, Greenville & Northern, and Meridian & Bigbee; and Trainman Thrall 4750 covered hoppers in Alaska, Andersons, BNSF, and RF&P.
Kato has begun to ship the newly revised GE C44-9W in Southern Pacific and Union Pacific.
Life-Like has released a new Scene Master knuckle coupler which is designed as an easy conversion for train set rolling stock and other cars as well.
Motor Max has some new Fresh Cherries vehicles: a 1975 Honda Civic, 1982 Honda Accord, and new colors on the 1940 Ford Pickup.
Red Caboose has released a PFE R-30-9 wood reefer in post-1952 paint; assembled 42 foot Santa Fe flat cars; and Baltimore & Ohio Sentinel Service box cars.
Roundhouse Trains has shipped drovers cabooses in Rio Grande, B&O, and Pennsylvania.
We have received the Tahoe Model Works Buckeye ARA 50 ton trucks; available either with standard wheelsets, or semi-scale wheelsets.
Arriving here during the first week of August: the all new Tangent Scale Models PS2-CD 4000 covered hopper! All road names in stock: Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago & North Western/CGW, Burlington/CB&Q, Great Northern, Southern Pacific, and Santa Fe; all available in multiple car numbers. And do not forget, we have the Tangent PS 4740 covered hoppers in stock: UP, BN, Milwaukee, IC, CSX, and N&W.
Walthers has released their newly revised and plated Amtrak Superliner passenger cars in the current Phase 4B scheme; we have received Superliner I coaches, sleeper, diner, and lounge; and Superliner II coaches, sleeper, diner, and lounge. We have also received the lighting kits specifically designed for these cars.
N Scale:
Athearn has released a Mack B cement mixer truck.
Atlas has shipped Trainman Thrall 4750 covered hoppers in RF&P, BNSF, Andersons, and Alaska.
0/027:
Lionel has shipped the new Angela Trotta Thomas Christmas 2008 box car; we also received the new Santa Fe Freight Set starter train set with the new 0-8-0 steam loco and tender; a New York Central double door box car; the Lionel 2008 Holiday Box Car; and some Telephone Poles.
We have also received the Lionel 2008 Train Catalog Volume 2, which introduces the Lionel Postwar Conventional Classics; and we have the 2008 Volume 2 K-Line By Lionel catalog as well.
Thomas:
In the Take Along Thomas line of die cast Thomas trains, we have received new engines: Billy, Whiff, and Madge.
Books:
Morning Sun has shipped two new titles: Chesapeake & Ohio Facilities In Color Volume 1: Midwest; and Northern Pacific In Color Volume 2: 1960-1970.
Withers (Diesel Era) has released The Contemporary Diesel Spotters Guide Year 2008 Edition - A Comprehensive Reference Manual To Locomotives Since 1972.
Video:
Green Frog has shipped several new DVDs from Neff Video, several topics and titles including coverage of DT&I, GTW, Conrail Lake Shore, and Norfolk Southern on the Sandusky Line.
Pentrex has three new DVD titles: San Francisco Bay Area Rails - Featuring The South Bay; and Burlington Northern E Units - Along The Racetrack; and The Stormy - Southern Pacifics Lordsburg District.
Calendars:
We have received the first of the McMillan Publications 2009 calendars: Santa Fe and BNSF.
Future:
We have a few more details on the recently announced HO scale BLMA Norfolk Southern Top Gon coal gondola. BLMA intends to offer the NS G-85R, G-86R, and G-88R classes of Top Gons, each class in three paint scheme variants, and all of those in multiple car numbers. No firm price yet; cars to come with Kadee #58 scale couplers installed; plenty of car numbers so that a modern NS modeler can have multiple trains of these!
Reminder! Atlas just announced an HO scale EMD GP40-2, which is due in August! Order or reserve immediately! To be available in Conrail, Atlanta & West Point, Western Railway of Alabama, Georgia Railroad, Chessie/B&O, Chessie/C&O, Grand Trunk Western, and Alaska; with or without DCC and sound.
Also coming from Atlas in HO scale (but not quite so soon!) are pulpwood flat cars in ACL, C&O, D&H, GM&O, Santa Fe and L&N; Alco RS11 in New York Central, CNW, GB&W, GVT Rail System, L&N, SAL, and Norfolk & Western (black with half moon herald scheme); ACF 33000 gallon tank cars in ACFX, GLNX, Royster, Shell Oil, and Union Texas Petroleum; 53 foot Evans double plug door box cars in BC Rail, Amador Central, Georgia Pacific, Helm-Pacific, L&N, and Vermont; Trainman 70 ton three bay coal hoppers in Rio Grande, Chessie/C&O, New Haven, Cambria & Indiana, C&EI, Penn Central, Reading, SCL, and Southern; ACF 11000 gallon tank cars in Fuelane, Pyrofax Gas, Shippers Car Line, Spencer Chemical, Allied Chemical, Beacon Petroleum, Dow of Canada, Fuelgas/Homgas, Olin Mathieson, and Standard Chemical and 3 bay cylindrical covered hoppers in B&O, Burlington, Pennsylvania, Davison Cracking Catalysts, GWI Leasing, Texas Railcar, and MKT.
Not to be left out, Atlas also has N scale announcements: Trainman C&O style cupola caboose in C&O (red), Chessie/C&O, Conrail, MP, UP, and Virginian; EMD GP7 in NYC, PC, GN or more; EMD GP9 in SP, UP and others; USRA single sheath box cars in seven schemes including Pennsylvania, Wabash/NJI&I, Burlington and others; Trainman two bay centerflow covered hoppers in BNSF (swoosh scheme), NP, CN/D&TS, and more; EMD GP38 in N&W, BNSF (swoosh scheme), Lehigh Valley and others; EMD GP40 in Cotton Belt, MKT and more; 40 foot wood reefers in eight schemes including Bordens, White House Milk, College Inn, and Fairmont Creamery; Trainman 50 foot single door box cars in six schemes including ACL, D&H, and Lehigh Valley; Trainman beer can shorty tank cars in six schemes including CPC International, FMC, Tennessee Eastman, and Wyandotte Chemical; and 11000 gallon tank cars in ten schemes including Allied Chemical, Standard Chemical, Dow of Canada, and Olin Mathieson.
New Morning Sun books coming out between September and November include: Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color Volume 1; Trackside Around Georgia; Penn Central In Color Volume 1; CNW Color Guide To Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 2; Trackside Around Eastern Ohio 1965-1995; Trackside In The West 1046-1959; Trackside Around The Twin Cities; Baltimore & Ohio Facilities In Color Volume 1; New York Central Through Passenger Service In Color Volume 1; Western Maryland In Color Volume 2; and Burlington Northern Through Passenger Service in Color.
New HO scale freight car kits coming from Bowser will include GLa two bay coal hoppers in Central of New Jersey (Red Ball scheme), and LS&MS/NYC; 100 ton triple coal hoppers in P≤ 70 ton two bay covered hoppers in B&M, Santa Fe, UP, Spokane International, and Ann Arbor; and 70 ton 14 panel triple coal hoppers in FEC and Seaboard.
Accurail will be producing lots of new paint schemes on their HO scale USRA
41 foot gondola kit: NP, CN, Santa Fe, CNW, Seaboard, SP&S, DMIR/Missabe,
N&W, NYC, Wabash, Pere Marquette, GB&W, Southern, L&N, Monon, NKP,
Frisco/SLSF, Maine Central, New Haven, B&M, W&LE, and Central of Georgia.
