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News & Products for May 5, 2011Including model railroad products from Accurail, Timberline Scenery, DCC by Design, and more!
Published:
May 4, 2011
HO scale freight cars
Assorted freight car kits. Boston & Maine 55-ton United States Railroad Association twin hoppers, $12.98. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 40-foot combination-door steel boxcar, $13.98. Great Northern 40-foot wood stockcars (limited run), $39.98 per three-pack. Norfolk & Western 55-ton USRA twin hoppers (early lettering). Single car, $12.98; three-pack, $37.98. Union Pacific 41-foot steel gondola. Single car, $13.98; three-pack, $39.98. Texas & Pacific 50-ton offset twin hopper, $13.98. Western Pacific 50-foot welded-side plug-door boxcar, $13.98. Accurail, 630-365-6400, www.accurail.com
Assorted freight car kit multi-packs. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Pennsylvania RR; or Union Pacific 40-foot single- and double-door Association of American Railroads boxcars, $26.98 per two-pack. Canadian National, Central Vermont, and Grand Trunk Western panel-side hopper, $37.98 per three-pack. Canadian Pacific 70-ton triple hopper (with script lettering), $26.98 per two-pack. Denver & Rio Grande Western 40-foot stockcars, $27.98 per two-pack. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range double-sheathed boxcar and wood refrigerator car, $28.98 per two-pack. Nickel Plate wood-side twin hopper (alternate paint scheme), $37.98 per three-pack. Accurail, 630-365-6400, www.accurail.com
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 Smoky Mountain Model Works HO scale Pullman-Standard 40-foot boxcar
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 Timberline Scenery Montana Ridge pine tree
Montana Ridge pine tree. Available in sizes from 3-1/2" to 14". Colors include northwoods green, lodgepole green, deep woods green, deadwood brown, and timberline green. $12.95 to $22.95 per tree. Timberline Scenery, 800-326-0321, www.timberlinescenery.com
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 Micro-Mark chain and sprockets for miniature power transmission
Chain and sprockets for miniature power transmission. Made of self-lubricating acetal resin. Designed to press-fit on a 1/8" diameter shaft, and the chain links snap apart. Sprockets are 5/16" long and range from 8 to 20 teeth. Hubs have outside diameter of approximately 1/4". Sprockets $2.15-$3 each; chain $17.45 per foot. Micro-Mark, 800-225-1066, www.micromark.com
Software
YardBoss 3.0. Locomotive and rolling stock inventory software. Customizable categories and sub-categories, simultaneous tracking and identification (with photographs) of multiple collections, identification and tracking of heirs for individual items, and multi-owner support for clubs. Digital download, $14.95; CD-ROM, $19.95. DCC by Design, 703-283-8777, www.dccbydesign.com
Catalogs
Catalog and wiring guide. Catalog no. 53: sound systems, speakers, detection products, and light-emitting diodes. More than fifty color pages. Free download; printed catalog, $12.75. Wiring Guide no. 20: signaling and automation components. Over 70 pages. Free download; printed catalog, $26. Printed catalog and wiring guide, $38. Dallee Electronics Inc., 717-661-7041, www.dallee.com
Books
Railroad Freight Car Slogans & Heralds. By John Kelly. Vintage color and black-and-white photos of boxcars, coal hoppers, gondolas, tank cars, automobile carriers, special service cars, and cabooses with original slogans and heralds. 128 pages, softbound. $32.95. Iconografix Inc., 715-381-9755, www.iconografixinc.com
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