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The word of the day is Dash-9. Announced in HO and N scale, the Dash-9 is immediately available in NS, BNSF, UP, ATSF and CN&W. In BNSF and NS, only one road number is available now: BNSF 4313 and NS 9692. Rivet Counter and Operator versions are available in both scales.

The crowd after the announcement:

The models:

Tangent

Based on the comments I heard just while taking these photos, there is a lot of nostalgia about this car:

Also announced recently was this gondola:

(my cell phone doesn't have the greatest camera) 

More to come...

I have photos from Athearn, Atlas, Jacksonville Terminal Company, Motrak, Lionel (in HO too!), and several more! 

Is Athearn planning to do a Siemans Charger SC-44 model??

Now that Amtrak has ordered the  Long Distance version of the Siemens Charger,

Is Athearn going to produce the HO model?

Caltrans ,MARC,ILDOT,,WSDOT and Virgin Trains(aka Brightline trains) have Chargers in service already.

Jeff's reply: see the 2019 teaser  from January. Very distinctive Charger feature displayed. 

Rapido

Got EP-5 Jets? 

River Point Station

Coming in N scale from River Point Station - 

Jeff - Grab a Roomettes shot

TCS

A reader question sent me across the aisle to the TCS booth, where I learned that they have KA1 and KA2 Keep-Alives going into production in a few weeks. They are about 1/2 the width of the KA3 and KA4 respectively   

Roomettes

Yeah, I need to find them .. . And ESU. 

Electric Wallpaper aka Roomettes

Barry was off somewhere, so I abused his equipment to get some photos (better ones, I hope  tonight) -

OK

Between work and holidays, I haven't been around much the past month, but what is Roomettes?  Near as I can gather, it's a new business Barry Silverthorn is starting, but what IS it?  Interiors?  Lighting for interiors?  Both?  

roomettes

https://www.facebook.com/Roomettes

Marc

Sylvan

The new HO scale Mack truck - 

Tangent - DSLR

Here are the (I certainly hope better) shots of the two new Tangent Scale Models cars on display:

The Prince Spaghetti Airslide -

Reading Gondola -

Prince

Neat Prince cars.  There are still a couple bridges left in Lowell, MA near the old Prince plant that say “Welcome to Spaghettiville”, and ‘Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti day” if you know where to look.  The prince track has been torn up though.

Pre 1960 Modelers Shutout at Amherst

I will admit that historical modeling is not the forefront these days at shows like Amherst. We are a dwindling force in US RTR modeling being relegated to the resin and plastic kit world except for the occasional large mainline steam locomotives adored by collectors.  We are however interested in technical advances as our trains (for the most part) do not use 1950's technology. 

Additionally the Amherst show by it's very location seems to have a distinctly east coast flavor (people going gaga over Prince Spaghetti which I had never heard of before in my 75 years on this small rock.)

However, the TCS small easily installed Keep Alive units are technology that many of us with dirty old one track minds are interested in. 

Please continue to highlight other products that transcend the period and geographical interests.  

Thanks

Roomettes

I just love those buildings!   Outstanding job!   All The Best!

Roomettes

I shot a video on this one - it demonstrates Woodland Scenic's Just Plug Lighting system's Sequencing Hub -

 

Layouts?

Jacksonville Terminal Company

JTC has several new containers coming out in the next few months, including a 20' tank container and two versions of a 48' corrugated container. And some other interesting stuff.

First, a photo of a container flat with collapsible bulkhead ends. I got something that could be described as a photo of them at Kansas City, but I really wasn't happy with how grainy they turned out. I don't think this model is available in HO scale -

More of the 53' corrugated containers are coming -

One version of the 48' corrugated container - it has interbox connectors inset to a 40' distance -

This other 48' corrugated container does not have the inset IBCs -

Here we see the 20' tank container -

It will come with an assortment of roofwalks and outlet valves -

Here is a test shot of the JTC N scale container yard entrance kiosk -

Also coming from JTC is a container chassis - the dark squares are magnets to work with the JTC connection system -

The last container is kind of a fun one. OOCL apparently had the contract to haul the materials to put on the musical play "Phantom of the Opera" and decorated some of their containers appropriately. The text is supposed to look like that - it resembles broken glass.

Layouts

I'll have a separate thread if I take any photos of them. Hopefully later tomorrow.

As is, I know of a few more stops I need to make to check out new products, and I've still got most of today to edit and upload. And uploading on the Hotel wifi is slow.

Atlas

Atlas had their N scale F150s on display -

Atlas was aso displaying test shots of cars that they purchased the tooling from Walthers for:

The N scale SD60E's have been out for awhile, but doesn't this paint job look snazzy?

The N scale ALP-45DP was being kept busy running around the Atlas display layout -

Motrak Models

Motrak is getting into the laser-cut non-structure business, as demonstrated by these handy cases for storing your stripwood and styrene in a compact but easy to see way -

Here is one of Motrak's newer kits, the HO scale Applewood General Store -

The camper is laser cut wood - I'd be interested in seeing the prototype, and finding out if it was created by a man with the last name "Clampett."

This is an O scale little train station -

Eastern Scale Models

Eastern Scale Models appears to specialize in N scale, and has recently released trucks and wheelsets for that scale -

They are prepping to release an X72 class boxcar and an assortment of 3D printed (or at least mastered) structures, payloads, and detail parts -