I have uploaded a beta version of the 1932 ARA GM&N/GM&O cars. You can find the link to that file here.

I have also restocked the etchings for the PRR F29. Those can be found by going to this page (scroll to part EP100 under the “currently available” section.) I should be caught up on all outstanding shipments this week. I apologize if your order was delayed for long… it has proven to be a challenging winter on too many fronts (i’d be happy to tel you about it in person if you want hear the tales of woe… ask me at an RPM… PS I’ve updated where I will be in the Events page)

The PRR G28 should be released at the Valley Forge RPM. I am building the pilot model right now. The PFE R-40-25 parts will follow right on the heels of that and then the PRR X43A in late March or early April.

There are some items that are back in stock:

• K126 – Milwaukee Road 271500-series 50′ single sheathed auto cars
• P127 – PRR X32A Underframe, Ends and Details
• P127.1 – PRR X32A Underframe, Ends and Details w/Shadow Keystone 50s lettering
• P126 – ATSF Bx-34 Duryea Cushion underframe Modified AAR Box Car
• P126.1 – ATSF Bx-34 Duryea Cushion underframe Modified AAR Box Car – 1959+ lettering
• P106 – New York Central Stock Car board-by-board Roof
• P109 – Lehigh New England rebuilt ARA Box Car parts set
• P111 – Maine Central Rebuilt ARA box car – Murphy rectangular panel roof
• P112 – Maine Central Rebuilt ARA box car – Murphy diagonal panel roof
• P123 – 50′ Murphy Combination Rectangular-Diagonal Panel Roof (ATSF, SP)

By the end of the weekend, the decks will be clear and all outstanding orders will be shipped or packed to ship at the beginning of the week. Big exhale. I have also been casting the new project and am ready to start shipping the first of those. This is the first full kit cast by me. It’s kind of exciting and I can feel the momentum starting build as the subsequent projects begin to line up. Here’s a link to the details about the Milwaukee car

Many years ago, when I thought I was going to model the Great Northern, Sunshine released kits for the plywood cars built in the 40s. I wanted to add a level of accuracy so Martin sent me a side and I tortuously used my milling machine’s XY table and a needle in the Chuck to emboss simulated nail holes in the surface. Martin released this as a “distressed” kit and I was the beneficiary of lots of sets of these sides. Now that I no longer need that many they are excess and can be yours… $20 per set. I don’t know for certain but I would guess they can be used to replace the sides on the Intermountain kits, too. Details via this link

New blog post about what’s coming can be found via this link.

Old Speedwitch products found:

• P106 – NYC stock car roof
• P111 – MEC re-roofed ARA box car
• P119 – DT&I 7000-series 41′ gondola
• P123 – Murphy 50′ combination rectangular-diagonal panel roof

New offerings:

• P126.1 – ATSF Bx-34 Duryea underframe parts with 1959+ lettering
• P{127.1 – PRR X32A parts with Shadow Keystone lettering (1954+)

Join Hunter Hughson live on Wednesday July 23 at 7:30 PM EST on Hindsight 20/20 for an overview of Fairbanks-Morse’s H16-44 illustrated with examples from various roads, followed by an in-depth review of the new Rapido Trains model in HO scale. Details and registration via this link

There is a new parts set to kitbash the underframe, ends and details to make the already nice Bowser PRR X32A into a showstopper with separate, freestanding details everywhere (that are even more accurate than what’s on the existing model!) Details can be found via this link

There is a new product available: a parts set to replicate the Santa Fe’s Bx-34 Modified 1937 AAR box cars with Duryea Cushion underframe. Details can be found via this link

First, I have converted many out-of-print titles to high res, downloadable e-books (priced accordingly!) The titles can be found on the E-Books page either via this link or from the tool bar at top.

I have also added the very first (standalone) etched parts set that I have ever offered, a details set for the PRR F29 depressed center flat from F&C

Lots more stuff coming very soon (finally!)

Focus on Freight Cars, Volume Five: Steel Automobile Cars has been reprinted. Details and ordering information can be found via this link