Micro-Trains has released their June 2012 Micro-News which shows many new N scale releases. The full PDF can be seen HERE.
Bluford Shops has received samples of each of 5 versions of their upcoming caboose and shared the photos. With 4 announcements worth of roadnames already made, I think there are cabooses in everyone’s future no matter which roads you model! We’re excited to see evidence of metal grab irons and detailed end platform railings on …
American Archetype has released a fantastic little model of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s rubber tired, electric switchers. The rapid-prototype kit is designed after PRR’s class 3/8000 battery powered tractors that were in use from the late 1920’s to the early 1950’s. These diminutive switchers were used in tight urban quarters such as Baltimore, MD and Jersey …
Hot on the heals of the outstanding Old Barn Scene from ZoomCo comes a new “Scene-In-A-Box”. This one features two shacks/shanties, a highly detailed flexible road material, and loads of prefinished details to complete your scene. We’re especially impressed with the scale axe, with pile of split wood, and the hanging sheets preattached to a …
The 50 and 70 ton versions of the AAR designed flatcar were ubiquitous. And aside from a few small runs of the GHQ/deLuxe Innovations 50 ton flatcar, these cars have been a gaping hole in N scale rosters. Now Intermountain is poised to fill that gap with a 70 ton version. And right off the …
BLMA has announced a new selection or roadnames on their N Scale Pullman Standard 4000 cuft covered hoppers including Nickel Plate Road, Great Western Malting, Monon, Milwaukee Road, Wabash, and Chicago & North Western (nee-CGW).