HO scale freight cars
• Assorted freight car kits. Archer Daniels Midland 40-foot insulated boxcar, $19.98. Denver & Rio Grande Western United States Railroad Administration two-bay hopper: single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98. Milwaukee Road (blue Rock Island patchout) American Car & Foundry 4,600-cubic-foot capacity Center Flow covered hopper: single car, $20.98; threepack, $61.98. Texas & Pacific 40-foot riveted-side boxcar, $19.98. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac PullmanStandard 4,750-cubic-foot capacity three-bay covered hopper, $21.98. Union Pacific American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper, $20.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets, trucks, and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-3651173, accurail.com
• 24-foot tool car. Wood kit with Tichy Train Group jib crane and Conowingo RR decals. Without trucks or couplers, $40; with Tichy Train Group archbar trucks, Kadee no. 148 couplers, and draft-gear boxes, $45; and with
Kadee no. 509 archbar trucks, Kadee no. 148 couplers, and draft-gear boxes, $50. Conowingo Models, conowingomodels.com
• Union Tank Car Co. 10,000-gallon X-3 tank car. Eastman Chemical (black and yellow), Atlantic Refining (black and yellow), Northern Pacific (black and white, three road numbers), Procor Limited (black and yellow), Products Tank Car (black and yellow), Seaboard Air Line (black and white, three road numbers), and Union Tank Car (1920s, 1930s, and 1950s schemes). Six to 12 numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated (AB and K brake versions). Metal wheelsets, AB or K brakes as appropriate, and semi-scale couplers. Single car, $54.95; three-pack, $164.85; and six-pack, $329.70. Rapido Trains, 905-474-3314, rapidotrains.com
• Bethlehem 3,737-cubic-foot capacity four-bay covered hopper. Soo Line (1967 as-delivered scheme, nine road numbers) and Inland Steel (1974 asdelivered scheme, 12 road numbers). Wire grab irons, Kadee no. 158 scale couplers, and 100-ton trucks with machined metal wheelsets. $48.99. Produced by ExactRail, available exclusively from TrainLife.com, 801-226-1909, trainlife.com