Pre-orders are now being accepted for UTLX Steam Era Freight Cars by Stephen Hile. There is a discount for orders placed by 07/10/2018. Books ship the week of July 23, 2018.

As promised, here are the links for the clinic sign up at the 2018 St. Louis RPM. These links will go live on Monday June 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Please do not ask me about issues with the links before that time!

• 2018 St. Louis RPM – Clinic signup link
• 2018 St. Louis RPM – Clinic signup ALTERNATE link

To keep the winter creative efforts flowing (or to stimulate frozen good intentions to do something), everything on the site is 15% off until the end of the month! Use code “february” at checkout.

New stuff:

• P120 – New York Central 8′ 7-panel Superior doors
• P121 – New York Central 8′ 3-panel pre-war Youngstown doors
• D201 – Erie 95000-series 40′ Automobile car

Restocks:

• P110.1 – Southern Postwar AAR Box Car Parts Set – Superior Door
• P110.2 – Southern Postwar AAR Box Car Parts Set – Improved Youngstown Door
• P113.1 – Louisville & Nashville Postwar AAR box car, Youngstown door
• P113.2 – Louisville & Nashville Postwar AAR box car, Superior 7-panel door
• P113.3 – Louisville & Nashville Postwar AAR box car, Improved Youngstown door
• P115 – Pittsburgh & West Virginia Postwar AAR Box Car
• P117.2  – Wabash Postwar AAR Box Car, bolster-to-bolster side sill, Superior 7-panel door
• P117.3 – Ann Arbor Postwar AAR Box Car, bolster-to-bolster side sill, Youngstown door

Available model kits:

• K102 – New Haven 17200-series Flat Cars
• K111 – Pere Marquette (later C&O) 88000-series Automobile Cars
• K119 – NP 52′ Straight Side Sill Flat Car
• K127 – Georgia Railroad Rebuilt USRA 50-ton Box Car
• K128 – Great Northern 53000-series Stock Car

All kits and parts may be accessed via this link.

You can also order our books to help with research or to find a new subject for your modeling efforts

There have been some (not a ton, but enough to warrant a formal response here) questions about the forthcoming book, UTLX Steam Era Tank Cars by Stephen Hile. The book is in the final editing phase and all signs point to it being available at the end of January. As soon as everything is finalized, details will be posted here. It will be a hardcover work, approximately 200 pages in length, with many drawings, numerous color photos, a number of tables, as well as tons of black and white photos.

In addition to the book news, there are a few new decals sets (and if you haven’t seen them, there have been many others released in recent months – see older posts below).

• D197 – Chicago and North Western Flat Cars
• D199 – Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac USRA 50-ton Box Car
• D200 – Bangor & Aroostook ‘1954’ AC&F Carbuilder’s-end State of Maine Box Cars

We are running a reprint of Prototype Railroad Modeling, Volume Four. Pre-orders are now being accepted. More details may be found by clicking the link above. Some images of the subject matter may be seen here: Images from PRM Vol. 4

Lost in the RPM Chicagoland preparations and the work to get the FOFC reprints in the works, I have kind of ignored the new decal sets. So, here they are (all HO scale):

• D165 – Southern Pacific O-50-13 12,500 gallon GATC Tank Cars
• D190 – Missouri Pacific Lines 52’6″ Gondolas (MP/I-GN/St.LB&M, blt. 1949 & 1951)
• D191 – New York Central 70-ton AAR Flat Cars (Lots 712-F/721-F/793-F)
• D192 – West India Fruit ‘Carbuilders’ End Box Cars
• D193 – Chicago and North Western Riveted PS-1 Auto Car
• D194 – Seaboard Air Line ‘1948’ B-10 and AF-4 PS-1 Box & Auto Cars
• D195 – Chicago and North Western Riveted PS-1 Box Cars
• D196 – Chicago and North Western AAR Recommended Practice 41’6″ Gondolas

We are in the process of reprinting four of the Focus on Freight Cars series that are currently out of stock. There is a discount for pre-ordering. Discounted pre-orders will be accepted through October 25th. The reprint runs are significantly smaller than the original runs and there is no guarantee of reprints after that. Books will ship the week of November 6th and electronic downloads will be available immediately.

Titles include:

• Focus on Freight Cars, Volume Five: Steel Automobile Cars
• Focus on Freight Cars, Volume Six: Refrigerator Cars 2
• Focus on Freight Cars, Volume Seven: Rebuilt Box & Automobile Cars
• Focus on Freight Cars, Volume Nine: Single Sheathed Box & Automobile Cars 2

All titles can be viewed at the Books & Journals page

Don’t forget about the new decals… scroll to the last post for more information.

Prototype Railroad Modeling, Volume Four has arrived from the printer. This weekend will be devoted to getting them in the mail, along with a few other outstanding orders as we get caught up. We also received another package this week: decals from Cartograf in Italy. There are some new decals available, as well as one reprint that was out of stock.

• D151 – Southern Railway Postwar AAR Box Car with 8′ Door Opening
• D165 – Southern Pacific O-50-13 12,500 gallon GATC Tank Cars
• D190 – Missouri Pacific Lines 52’6″ Gondolas (MP/I-GN/St.LB&M, blt. 1949 & 1951)
• D191 – New York Central 70-ton AAR Flat Cars (Lots 712-F/721-F/793-F)
• D192 – West India Fruit ‘Carbuilders’ End Box Cars
• D193 – Chicago and North Western Riveted PS-1 Auto Car

We are happy to announce Prototype Railroad Modeling, Volume Four. Pre-orders are now being accepted. More details may be found by clicking the link above.

There are kits in stock for the following:

• K102 – New Haven 17200-series Welded Underframe Flat Car
• K108 – Soo Line ‘Sawtooth’ Single Sheathed Box Car
• K111 – Pere Marquette/C&O Single Sheathed Automobile Car
• K119 – Northern Pacific 52′ Straight Side Sill Flat Car
• K121.1 – Erie 70000-series Rebuilt Box Car
• K121.2 – West India Fruit (ex-Erie) Rebuilt Box Car
• K127 – Georgia Rebuilt USRA 50-ton Box Car
• K128 – Great Northern 36′ Truss-rod Stock Car

Other older Speedwitch offerings will be back in the fold this summer. There are a few new things in the offing, too. Stay tuned!