I have received a lot of queries about the decals that were printed for the Speedwitch relaunch. So many queries, that I have decided to do a one-time reprinting of them, with the proceeds to be donated to the California State Railroad Museum Library to help with the costs associated with cataloging Richard Hendrickson’s collection. The decal set letters over 20 cars with excess material to partially augment lettering for many, many additional cars plus reweigh and repack data. Click here for more information.

We are now accepting pre-orders for PRM, Vol. 3. There is a discount on orders placed through March 2, 2015. Books will ship beginning by the week of March 2 (and some late the week of Feb 20.) If you are expecting a copy from the Relaunch, it will be sent to you. Thank you

The Southern Postwar AAR Box Car parts are back in stock:

• P110.1 – Southern Postwar AAR Box Car Parts Set – Superior Door
• P110.2 – Southern Postwar AAR Box Car Parts Set – Improved Youngstown Door

A few items have been restocked:

• K111 – Pere Marquette (later C&O) 88000-series Automobile Cars
• K127 – Georgia Railroad rebuilt USRA 50-ton Box Cars
• P108 – Erie Postwar AAR Box Car parts set
• P109 – Lehigh New England rebuilt ARA Box Car parts set

The resin board-by-board replacement roof for the Westerfield New York Central stock car kits is available. Click here

D142 – Fruit Growers Express and Western Fruit Express Refrigerator Cars

D143 – Milwaukee Road 40′ Composite Gondolas and 36′ Stock Cars

These sets are being printed and should be available in early February

This year’s Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach, Florida coincided with a launch at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX Dragon rocket launched at 4:47 AM EST on January 10, 2015 to resupply the International Space Station.

Canon EOS 7D Mk. II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.0-5.6L II @ 400mm, ISO 800, f/6.3, 1/30 sec. +1 stop EV.

We are very happy to announce that the Erie 70000-series rebuilt box car kits, which had a very limited first release a few years ago, are finally back in production and are available. Thanks for your patience. More of the old stuff is coming on line soon. Stay tuned!

I have three of the previously offered M-K-T single sheathed box car kits available – link here. They are for the version with the National doors and Pressed Steel roof. Caveat: I only have the white decals for a box car red car (pre-1938 and 1948 and later repaints). Photo above shows the car offered, but finished with the black lettering. I am reprinting the decals for the black lettering on chrome yellow cars and will gladly mail you a set once they are complete if you purchase a kit and want that lettering – just let me know!)

These are the only three available currently and I do not have an estimated date on a restock.

There are two more HO Scale decal sets that are available. They are:

• D140 – Southern Pacific/Texas & New Orleans S-40-5 Stock Car
• D141 – Northern Pacific 9480-series ‘1937’ Double Sheathed Box Car