Athearn

• The F59PH is receiving a motor and drive train upgrade to improve speed and add optional sound.
• A new freight car will be announced late this year.
• A wood chip extension for 40' 3-bay hoppers is being done.
• Bay window caboose is on track for August - September delivery.
• Airslide covered hopper is on track for September delivery.

Atlas

• Code 55 turnouts.
• Code 55 rerailer.
• True-Track 15.5" curve.
• True-Track 14" curve.
• True-Track terminal track.
• True-Track 10" straight.
• 1993 Ford Explorer.
• 20,700 gallon GATX tank car.
• 25,500 gallon Trinity vegetable oil tank car.

DeLuxe Innovations

• ATSF El Capitan Map 40' Box car in 6 road numbers (with Murphy roof).
• Intermodal starter sets - Maxi III with assorted containers - SP, 2 road numbers.
• Weathered PC box cars in 3 road numbers, and next month we'll officially announce weathered BN box cars, also in multiple numbers.
• "K" Line 40' Hi-Cube container 5-pack.
• APL 48? Smoothside container 2-pack.
• Sea-Land 40' chassis 2-pack.
• Swift 53' highway trailers in 2 road numbers.
• Engineering work started on 53' chassis.
• Maxi-Stack IV - We are waiting for a 3rd sample of the die-cast wells. These should solve the problems with the 2 earlier samples. I hope they will be shipping in the 3rd quarter of this year.
• Triple-57 Spine Car - This car is behind the Maxi-IV in development and production and should be out about 3 months after them.
• J/A 53' 5-unit Spine Car - Unable to estimate when they will be ready to ship due to supplier problems.

Digitrax

• Run trains without plugging in! DT402 series throttles with 29 functions and available with
  • Duplex radio,
  • Simplex radio, and
  • Infrared
  • Duplex Radio Transceiver.

Eastern Seaboard Models

• Pennsylvania G26 mill gondolas expected in early July
• Next product to be announced by labor day.

Fox Valley Models

• Milwaukee long rib box cars are sold out.
• Milwaukee double door box car in production - short rib next.
• New Z / Nn3 metal wheels are available for Micro-Trains trucks.
• New 28" wheels are available.
• New wider wheels are in development.
• A new locomotive will be produced - GEVOs (General Electric Evolution Series). It will feature several shell variations and easy-to-install DCC.

Intermountain

• AC-12 is in production.
• 4-4-2 Pullmans in IC, PRR, ATSF, UP, NYC.
• Boattail Observation in development.
• FP9 in development.
• SD40-2W, the Canadian wide cab SD40, in further development
• ATSF 1960s caboose in development.

Kato

• NYC Jet RDC with light and sound - contact Kato.
• El Capitan passenger car set announced.
• UP Heritage set of SD70ACe will continue with other UP varieties.
• SD70MAC cab headlight BNSF Heritage II (August).
• Bethgon Coalporters UP & UP Building America 8 car sets (August).
• SD70M UP & NS (August).
• Maxi-IV TTX with CN containers (August).

Micro-Trains Line Co.

• N Scale bay window caboose shipped.
• N Scale heavyweight passenger cars: RPO car first, estimated for October. Next will be two Pullman Sleepers, (a 12-1, and a 12-1-2) and a Parlor car.
• N & Z Ringling Brothers Series: Advertising car in July, followed by a billboard series and a variety of circus train sets.
• Weathered and Graffiti series will continue.
• Z Scale SD40-2 estimated for September 2009.

North American Railcar Corp

• Ten new paint schemes on Saskatchewan covered hoppers.

N Scale Kits

• N Scale Kits was previously Alan Curtis Models. (All AC models are still available).
• New welded rail (PLASTIC) in up to 8000? scale lengths will go around 12" radius curves and through turnouts.
• Early intermodal (1959) Clejan spine car for SP, Erie, NH, and KCS.
• Auto carrier to fit Clejan spines for GM and Hudson autos available elsewhere.
• Articulated trash spine car and containers (trash and nuclear).
• 40' log spine car (SP L-40-S and Milw FL).

Planned for 2010

• Penn F39 early intermodal flat car from Penn and TTX.
• 57' RAF30a Trinity AP spine cars (TTRX 36xxxx series).
• BAR/MEC pulpwood car with cross center beam.
• 53AP Gunderson well.
• 50' SR/NS Boxcar conversion to TOFC
• 89'4" BCOL Marine Industries TOFC with Con-Cor trailers.
• Flexivan IV with 35' and 40' Shick containers.

Prototype N Scale

• Just out: Intermountain Bx44 Box cars with El Capitan and Chief slogans, plus Intermountain FE24 box cars in Scout and Chief slogans.
• In transit: Intermountain ATSF FE24 El Capitan and Super Chief box cars.
• Being assembled: Intermountain SP Overnight box cars in black and in silver.
• Soon: Atlas ARA 1932 Box cars in MP, I-GN and NOT&M.

Richmond Controls

• Track powered flicker free lighting modules for Intermountain, Kato, Rapido, Walthers and all other passenger cars.
• Track powered flicker free lighting modules for new Athearn, Intermountain , Micro-Trains and all other cabooses, including SP frogeyes.
• New approach to emergency vehicle lighting (fire trucks, etc.). Customer installs LEDs first, then attaches electronics module or sends vehicle for module attachment.

Train Control Systems

• New email for tech support: techsupport @tcsdcc.com.
• K1D4-NC with surface mount LEDs and no motor clips for Kato GG1, SD40 Rev. 2 and SD70ACe
• ALD4 for soon to be released Atlas SD50/60 (long version of Atlas decoder).
• MZA4 for Micro-Trains Z Scale diesels.
• New Two-pin and six pin wired micro connectors
• Two new ways to use the Z2 decoder with a 8-pin "plug and play" and 6-pin Euro harness.

Trainworx

• First run of 86' box cars should arrive at the end of this month.
• Second and third run road names include Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Frisco, DT&I, Grand Trunk Western, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee Road, and New York Central.

Wm. K. Walthers

• Recently released new roadnames in USRA switcher available now.
• Recently announced Y3 2-8-8-2 (UP, ATSF, N&W) expected August 2009.
• Recently announced baggage car with 12 road names )expected August delivery)
• Just announced Pullman Standard coach in 12 road names (no delivery date estimate).

Wheels of Time

• Transit motor coaches were the winner for the N Scale Vehicle of the Year --- Thanks!
• Transit motor coaches will be reprinted with new city bus schemes.
• The second run of the 60' arched roof baggage car with all new paint schemes are in the works ---Reserve by the end of JUNE for September estimated delivery.
• In the works, new 70' heavyweight clerestory roof baggage-express and baggage-mail cars as well as arched roof ones. They will have sliding doors and all the features like the prototypes.