2017 NSE Convention

[ai5629]

N Scale Kits PRR F33, FM and F39.

[ai5629]

FVM CSX heritage units.

[Ike the BN Freak]

Atlas releases the perfect compliment to the BLMA beer car.

Isn't the Atlas release the same car? Thought it was just an announcement of new road numbers for the BLMA tooling

[gbcaboose]

Is it me or do the trucks on the MTL green PS1 look like they're set in too far?

If you have one of their 50' smooth-side boxcars you can measure. I believe MTL said they were using the same underframe so the car length and wheel base should be the same.

Mike

[ai5629]

Isn't the Atlas release the same car? Thought it was just an announcement of new road numbers for the BLMA tooling

Paul said the BLMA car was a double door and the new car is a single door.

[Rich_S]

Not sure if anyone mentioned that Athearn is doing the SD70 Spartan Cab in N scale.

http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH7322

Also Kato is doing the Burlington Northern SD40-2 Spirit of 76 unit number 1876
http://www.katousa.com/Zcart/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=1813
http://www.katousa.com/Zcart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=157&products_id=1813

I know I get easily excited, but I really like the Atlas F100 pickups and the Micro-Trains trucks with metal wheels. 

 

[POVC]

Lots of goodies so far, especially for us modern guys. Any word on where next year's convention will be?

Salt Lake City for 2018

Tim

[Mark5]

Not sure if anyone mentioned that Athearn is doing the SD70 Spartan Cab in N scale.

http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH7322

Yeah, a few months back - I plan to get one and high nose it! 

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=41301.0

Mark

[Santa Fe Guy]

Thanks for all the NSE info lads. Much appreciated down under.
Rod.

[Spades]

Not sure if anyone mentioned that Athearn is doing the SD70 Spartan Cab in N scale.

http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH7322

There is a picture of the SD70 in reply #47

[basementcalling]

Did anybody get a picture of the new Walthers N-Scale buildings? Of course being N scale, there's nothing about a new release on their website yet!

[Spades]

Did anybody get a picture of the new Walthers N-Scale buildings? Of course being N scale, there's nothing about a new release on their website yet!

It is seen in Feather River Trains Facebook Video refer to the link on post 29 of this thread

[ai5629]

Manufacturer's breakfast highlights.  Not that detailed due to trying to type while they spoke.  Most items previously announced.

North American  Railcar
PS5077 boxcar
National Steel 5093 boxcar
National Steel potash car

Scale Trains
Teir 4 Gevo
Carbon black covered hoppers

Trainworx
Working on getting truck parts
Flexi vans shipping in July

Richmond Controls
Track powered Fred's.  Run on DC and DCC.
Vehicle lighting and caboose lighting.

Micro Trains
Heinz series
Metal wheels
Boeing fuselage train
78' single window coach with 4 wheel trucks
NASA hydrogen car
68' DODX flatcar with new roller bearing 6 axil trucks
M1 Abrams tank

Atlas
2 new loco announcements this year
1973 Ford F100
40' well car
45' container
Bx177 boxcar
True Track to code 55 and code 80 transition tracks

Kato
Milwaukee OH
Milwaukee FP7
2016 Christmas train: F40 and bilevels, 4 car set, 2 car add on
CA Zephyr

N Scale Architect
Buildings, not specified

Bluford Shops
Wood composite hoppers and two bay composite hoppers coming shortly
Transfer cabooses
USRA hoppers
More 8 panel hoppers
More 2 bay hoppers
More 14 panel hoppers

FVM
CSX heritage units
B&O wagon top cabooses
GP60M
Hiawatha
Updated RC tooling: 4700, 4740, 4750 and two bays.  New roof and hatches, etched metal running boards and body mounted couplers.
Intermodal items previously announced: coming along. 

Walthers
Central beverage distribution
Not getting out of N scale.

[ryan_wilkerson]

Thanks for the report Jeff!
The MTL DODX flat cars with tanks sounds great.
I wonder what the two new locomotives from Atlas will be and when they will announce them?

[ai5629]

Thanks for the report Jeff!
The MTL DODX flat cars with tanks sounds great.
I wonder what the two new locomotives from Atlas will be and when they will announce them?

I thought Atlas said this fall.  Thanks.