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ExactRail Circles the Wagons, Plus more TTX Hi-Cubes

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ExactRail has announced the B&O M-53 Wagontop box car. It’s part of their Platinum Line and features separately applied grab irons, a highly detailed narrow-style draft box and Kadee #58 couplers. It’s available in six different paint schemes: ‘Early 13 Great States’ (12 numbers), ‘Wartime Kuhler’ (6 numbers), ’1937 Paint Scheme’ (12 numbers), ‘Early Kuhler’ (6 numbers), ‘Olive Coach Green’ (6 numbers) and ‘Bando Blue’ (5 numbers). It’s also available in an undecorated kit. It will list for $32.95 and should be out in early December.

ExactRail also announced a third run of their Trinity 50′ Hy-Cube box car in TTX. It’s part of their Evolution Line and features separately applied grab irons, a highly detailed narrow-style draft box and Kadee #5 couplers. It’s available in 18, yes 18 different numbers. That’s on top of the first runs 6 numbers and the second runs 12. List price is $29.95 and it’s also due in early December.

The price has gone up $5.00, but ExactRail now includes Kadee couplers, so at least you get something for the price increase (previously, they came with McHenry couplers).

Walthers Announces More Rolling Stock

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A tank car, box car and hopper make up this months Walthers announcements. First up is their WalthersProto 54’ Union Tank Car Company 23,000 gallon funnel flow tank car. It’s available in ADM Transportation (ADMX), Cenex Harvest States (CHSX), Crystal Car Line (CCLX), Procor (Prox), Union Tank Car Company “Terra paint scheme” (UTLX) and Union Tank Car Company (ULTX). The cars feature etched metal walkways and platforms, separately applied grab irons and road specific details. List price is $37.98 and they’re expected at the end of December.

Previously, Walthers had these cars in their Gold Line and listed for $29.98. From the description of the new cars, it sounds like they’ve added more detail as they moved it into the WalthersProto line. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, they’ve changed.

The second WalthersProto car announced this month is their 50’ Gunderson Hi-Cube paper service boxcar. It’s Available in Arkansas-Oklahoma (AOK), Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF), Canadian National (CN) and CSX Inc. (CSX), with each road getting two numbers. The cars feature separately applied details, including grab irons, door details and brake platforms. List price is $29.98, a small increase from $27.98 when these cars were last released in Walthers Gold Line. They’re due in June.

Last this month is the WalthersMainline 36′ wood chip hopper. It’s also available in two numbers each for Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), Louisville and Nashville (L&N), Northern Pacific (NP) and Western Maryland (WM). List price is $21.98 and it’s also due in June.

Tangent’s Fifth Model is… (drum roll please)

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Tangent Scale Models is a relative newcomer in the model train world. It’s known for is highly detailed and accurate models. Now in their fifth year, they’ve introduced their fifth model, the Bethlehem 70-ton drop-end gondola. It’s available now in Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), Lehigh Valley (LV), Western Maryland (WM) and undecorated (assembled). It will also be available as an undecorated kit in December. B&O gets 12 numbers, with LV and WM getting 6 each. It’s pretty much as detailed a model as it gets, including a number of road specific variations. List price is $32.95, but they do offer quantity discounts. A word of warning about the price. Unlike most model train manufacturers, you don’t often see Tangent’s products offered at much of a discount. In fact, I don’t see them offered much online at all, except for Model Train Stuff and they usually just discount them a couple of dollars. So don’t expect to pick these up for 30% off like you can for most models. That said, I have one of their PS-2CD 4770 covered hoppers, in MoPac of course, and it’s the finest plastic model I’ve seen.

MTH Announces new Geeps

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MTH has decided to try its hand at EMD’s GP35. The initial run features three road numbers each for Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), Erie Lackawanna (EL), Pennsylvania (PRR), New York Central (NYC), Norfolk & Western (N&W), Santa Fe (ATSF), Southern Pacific (SP), and Union Pacific (UP). They’ll be available in DC (DCC ready) for $179.95 and DCC/DCS for $279.95 (it’s also available in a version for Märklin’s Digital System). MTH has an impressive list of details for it’s GP35s (windshield wipers, metal see-thru body grilles, lift rings, metal grab irons and handrails, see-thru rooftop fan housings, etc…). It will be interesting to see if they follow Athearn Genesis and WalthersProto’s lead with road specific details or if they’ll all look the same except for the paint schemes (the images on their website are clearly mockups, so we’ll have to wait and see). I guess well find out in January 2012.