Some of our kit decals have been added to the decal product line. This doesn’t mean the kits or parts that they are sold with are discontinued, but simply that they are being offered as standalone decal sets, as well. The first ones to be added to the decal roster are:

• D146 – Southern Railway 1937-1941 Low-side Gondola
• D147 – Maine Central 1923 ARA Box Car
• D148 – Northern Pacific 5000-series 50′ Single Sheathed Auto Car
• D149 – Georgia Railroad rebuilt USRA 50-ton Box Car
• D150 – Louisville & Nashville Postwar AAR Box Car
• D151 – Southern Railway Postwar AAR Box Car with 8′ Door Opening
• D152 – Norfolk Southern 1932 ARA Box Car

The New York Central stock car roofs are back in stock.

Also, more Santa Fe Bx-26 kits have been added to inventory, although they are going fast…

We have a limited number of the Santa Fe Bx-26 “interim” AAR box cars back in stock with more coming. We are gradually building inventory on previously issued kits. Keep checking if there is something in particular you’re seeking.

We are starting to get some of the CB&Q XA-9 auto cars back in stock. We have added some to inventory. We also have a few Sunshine kits – two PRR G27 gons with auto rack interiors (can be modeled as “straight” G27s) and a WP rebuilt box car. There are a few PM/C&O single sheathed auto cars, too.

Inventory levels on the XA-9 and PM/C&O cars will continue to build as well as some other oldies, but goodies.

Speedwitch will be at the 2016 Amherst Railroad Hobby Show. You can find us in the Mallary Building location 149F. Stop by and say hello

I am also excited to reveal that I have a new kit on the horizon. It’s been a long time since there has been a new Speedwitch kit. The Ann Arbor single sheathed box and auto cars are about to go into production. The master bodies are shown here. The kits will have cast resin one-piece bodies, underframe, and details, etched metal, styrene, and wire parts, our usual exacting decals plus exhaustive instructions with both prototype and modeling information. Thanks for waiting for these!

We are taking advantage of a discount at our printer and so can you. The Steam Era Freight Car Reference Manuals, Volume One on Box & Auto Cars and Volume Two on Tank Cars, are currently 25% off. Note that these are printed on-demand and I will compile all orders and have them printed at one-time and shipped on February 1. Please be aware of this.

The inventory of kits has been updated post-Cocoa Beach. There is one of the SP/T&NO A-50-4 kits available and several PM auto cars, as well as updates to the Southern gon, Soo ‘Sawtooth’ cars,  and Erie rebuilds. Between now and the end of the month, inventory should be available for some of the things that have yet to be re-released since Speedwitch rose from the ashes. New stuff is one the way, as well. Stay tuned.

We also still have the reprint of the relaunch decal sets. It letters over 20 cars and at $40.00, it’s an incredible bargain (there are several subjects on the set that you can use later this year on the coming Accurail 36′ double sheathed box cars.)

Number 3 in the PRRP series is here. The subject of this installment is the NP 21500/39500 series double sheathed truss rod box cars. Learn about the history of these sturdy truss rod box cars and how to replicate them with the Yarmouth Model Works HO scale kits

I am trying to get rid of things I don’t use, won’t use, etc., and hope that they can find a new home elsewhere…. link to things and a description here.

The unusual roof, the three-lever brake arrangement, the (possibly) unique hybrid AB brakes… The first installment in the Prototype Railroad Profiles series has all that and more. Learn everything you didn’t already know about the L&N’s numerous ARA single sheathed box cars as well as how to model them in HO. Click here. Get yours now before they’re all gone in the Black Friday madness… ok, they’re digital so they’ll be around for awhile

The American Railway Association Standard Box Car of 1932 is available again, but now as an e-book or Acrobat file (screen or print versions). Click here for information and to download.