Model Railroader

HO scale locomotive­s

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• Electro-Motive Division SD90MAC diesel locomotive.

Canadian Pacific, CIT Group (blue and black), Indiana Rail Road (red and white in two road numbers and 25th anniversar­y paint scheme in one number), Norfolk Southern (Primed for Grime series Union Pacific patchouts), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray, 3470-3775 series units in three numbers and June 2015 “Building America” scheme repaint in one number). Three numbers per scheme unless noted. Detailed cab interior; fuel tank with fillers, gauges, and breather pipes; and McHenry scale couplers.

Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $259.99; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder with dual cube speakers, $349.99. June 2022. Genesis 2.0 series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, athearn.com

• Reading Co. class T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive.

Chessie System Steam Special (one road number); American Freedom Train (early 1975 and 1976 versions, one number each); Christmas fantasy scheme (one number); Delaware & Hudson (Centennial locomotive, one number); Independen­ce Day scheme (one number); Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern (one number); and Reading Co. (in-service and Iron Horse Rambles excursion schemes, three numbers each). Dual-mode Paragon4 sound decoder with Rolling Thunder, plastic boiler and tender body, die-cast metal chassis, and rubber traction tires. $549.99. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, broadway-limited.com

• Electro-Motive Division SD45 diesel locomotive.

Erie Lackawanna (American Revolution Bicentenni­al scheme in one road number and maroon and gray in five numbers), Penn Central (black with white herald in five numbers and red-and-white herald in one number), Southern Pacific (scarlet-and-gray GRIP rebuild in six numbers plus unnumbered), Southern Ry. (high short hood with Dulux Gold and Gold lettering in three numbers per scheme), and VMV Enterprise­s (Southern Ry. high

short hood patchout in two numbers). Also available undecorate­d (low short hood). Factory-applied wire grab irons and lift rings, detailed cab interior, and light-emitting-diode headlights. Directcurr­ent model with 21-pin connector, $189.99 (EL Bicentenni­al, $194.99); with ESU LokSound 5 sound decoder featuring Full Throttle, dual cube-type speakers, and two PowerPack super capacitors, $279.99 (EL Bicentenni­al, $284.99). Rivet Counter line. ScaleTrain­s.com, 423-2992689, scaletrain­s.com

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