Grapevine, Texas NTS 2023 - Announcements

[Rivet Miscounter]

Atlas got kept the ball rolling late this afternoon...  https://download.atlasrr.com/0823MCPDF/AUG%202023%20NMRA%20ASMC%20CON.pdf

Including their first Z-Scale Freight Car....the Evans Double Door Boxcar. 

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Summary
-Z Evans cars
-N S2 Re-Run
-N D8-40C Re-Run with Ditch Lights (incl front and back when appropriate)
-N Hart Ballast Car Re-Run
-N/HO BX-177 Re-Run
-N/HO Trincool Reruns
-N/HO 11k Tank Car Re-Run
-HO GP40-2W Re-Run
-HO Trainman Alco RS-32/36
-HO ACF 5250 Covered Hopper Re-Run
-HO Gunderson 7550/7538 DblDoor/SingleDoor Box Car
-O Announcements later this year

[Rivet Miscounter]

Now that i think about it, I believe the first thing I saw today was from Rapido....
https://rapidotrains.com/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/gp40.html

Pretty cool that they're doing not only the ubiquitous MKT GP40's, but also the MKT slug unit too!

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[Rivet Miscounter]

And now AZL dropped some more Z goodness:

Summary:
-Ortner Rock Hoppers
-AAR Modified Box Cars
-SD50/SD60/SD60M (Tri-Clops Only)
-SP '41/'54 Coast Daylight and GS4
-Re-run of SD70ACe and ES44
-Re-run of various freight cars
-Re-run of EV Cabooses
-SD40-2's and -2W's and T-2's coming soon
-Tractor for 53ft trailers in development, feedback needed

[keeper]

Wow! Z scale is getting more and more attention.

[arbomambo]

Finally!
ATSF S2’s in Zebra Stripes!!!

[ednadolski]

Wow! Z scale is getting more and more attention.

Time to get some Z-scale track-building materials

Ed

[Ed Kapuscinski]

ScaleTrains PS 5820s. Nice!

https://www.scaletrains.com/n-scale/n-scale-freight-cars/rivet-counter-n-scale-pullman-standard-5820-covered-hopper.html?

I'm having a hard time finding photos of those bland PTLX cars in service though (came up blank on RR Picture Archives and RailcarPhotos).

Anyone know good sources of photos? I prefer to get numbers where I can find photos of the actual cars.
Similarly, anyone have any general info on the other schemes? I feel like I've seen the Norchem cars in videos from the Northeast, but none of the others stuck out to me.

[Mark5]

ScaleTrains PS 5820s. Nice!

There is a pic of a Norchem in Long Island City on RRpictarch.

Very cool and unusual hoppers - will have to get more info on the other schemes.

Mark

[mu26aeh]

Funny thing about the dash 8's finally getting ditch lights, when these models were first released, they had provisions to have ditch lights back then.  They used the same frame as the 8-40CW which had notches milled into the nose where a separate light board was fitted for the CW ditch lights.

[lock4244]

I'm having a hard time finding photos of those bland PTLX cars in service though (came up blank on RR Picture Archives and RailcarPhotos).

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=ptlx41629&o=ptlx

Not the 41400 series but close.

[lock4244]

There is a pic of a Norchem in Long Island City on RRpictarch.

Very cool and unusual hoppers - will have to get more info on the other schemes.

Mark

Moar...

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?display=short&keywords=PTLX+41000-41349

*fixed that link

[lock4244]

ScaleTrains PS 5820s. Nice!

https://www.scaletrains.com/n-scale/n-scale-freight-cars/rivet-counter-n-scale-pullman-standard-5820-covered-hopper.html?

I'm having a hard time finding photos of those bland PTLX cars in service though (came up blank on RR Picture Archives and RailcarPhotos).

Anyone know good sources of photos? I prefer to get numbers where I can find photos of the actual cars.
Similarly, anyone have any general info on the other schemes? I feel like I've seen the Norchem cars in videos from the Northeast, but none of the others stuck out to me.

A class of car, ribbed jumbo plastic pellet hoppers, that I've long hoped would make their way to N. Of course Rapido announces the Procor 5820 and Scale Trains the PS 5820 in the same year 

[pedro]

Athearn was “live”‘announcing Berwick bathtub gons in three versions plus scrap service version in N.
Also announcing UP CA-11 bay window cabooses in N.

[Rivet Miscounter]

Athearn was “live”‘announcing Berwick bathtub gons in three versions plus scrap service version in N.
Also announcing UP CA-11 bay window cabooses in N.

https://www.youtube.com/live/VRaeXj_rTfo?si=eBuCe31hhiuhpkMb

[pjm20]

Here are the Mann-Bach announcements, NGL the 4-6-0 is definitely out of left field: