Walthers November 2024 New Product Announcements

[James Ashley]

Walthers November 2024 New Product Announcements

PDF:

www.walthers.com/resources/pdf/new-product-express/November_2024_Walthers_New_Product_Announcement_C.pdf

Video:



WalthersProto 45' Difco Dump Car

Alaska, BCOL, BNSF, DMIR, Helm, NS, Southern, UP x2, Undec

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18469&name=difco&sku=&product_list_order=sku

WalthersMainline GP9 - High Short Hood

CV, C&O, DRGW, IC, LN, SOO, SP, UP

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18467&name=GP9&p=2&sku=&product_list_order=next_in_date

WalthersMainline 50' AAR Single Door Boxcar * New Tooling *

ATSF, B&O, CB&Q, Erie, NYC, NP, PRR, Wabash, Undec

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=50%27+AAR+Single&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467

WalthersMainline 61' Wood Chip Gondola

BN, C&C, GN, MILW, Southern, UP

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=61%27+wood+chip&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467

WalthersMainline 63' Pulpwood Flatcar

CN, CP, GP, Southern, TTX, UNPX, WC, Undec

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=63%27+pulpwood&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467

WalthersMainline 45' Logging Flatcar

BN, MILW, NP, SP, GP, St Maries

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=45%27+logging&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467

WalthersMainline AAR 70-Ton 3-Bay Open Hopper * New tooling *

B&O/Chessie, BN, C&O, M&STL, Peabody, PC, Reading, VGN, Undec

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18467&name=Hopper&sku=&product_list_order=announced_date

WalthersMainline 40' 50-Ton Drop Bottom Gondola

ACL, ATSF, C&O, MILW, NYC, PRR, SP, Undec

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=drop&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467

WalthersTrack Roadbed

Foam Roadbed in Single Track, Double Track, and sheet. 

www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=road&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=20976

WalthersControls Double Crossover Controller

www.walthers.com/catalog/product/view/id/424440/s/walthers-control-system-fascia-indicator-grn/category/2/

Walthers Cornerstone Vintage Coal Dealer

www.walthers.com/catalog/product/view/id/487531

Walthers Scenemaster Log Load

www.walthers.com/catalog/product/view/id/499237

[Christian]

Nov 6, 2024 5:18:37 GMT -8 James Ashley said:

Walthers Cornerstone Vintage Coal Dealer

www.walthers.com/catalog/product/view/id/487531

The odd little building appears again even though it has yet to be seen in is coffee shop configuration.

[sd80mac]

The "odd little building" is actually based on the Choo Choo Grill in Grand Rapids, MI, next to the former GTW (now G&W's Grand Rapids Eastern). It actually was originally a coal dealer!

[lvrr325]

Walthers is doing this with a lot of kits now, alternate versions for different eras and purposes. It keeps the kit price lower while you don't end up with a bunch of extra parts you don't need.


As a side note, I am sure many of us bought things at the shows from dealer Kim's Trains & Things, who was heavy on Walthers product. I found out at the Syracuse show that he's passed away from cancer. His booth of large rolling cabinets would be at most two day shows in New York, at the Springfield show, and others.

[hudsonyard]

Quite a few of those 50' have artwork perfect for my modeling era, i've never had a mainline car i've been unhappy with. consistent quality for the price point.


Those chip cars could be re-purposed as early C&D cars, long before the purpose built bathtub gons came around most of that traffic was in second or third hand woodchip cars and various coalporters.

[grabirons]

Wow, lot's of cool stuff. I've been waiting for those log cars to come back, and now with logs, cool. I like the chips cars too along with those new 50 ft single door AAR boxcars. Does anyone think Walthers will over time retool all of their older proto2000 cars from lifelike into mainline offerings?

[edwardsutorik]

I donn't see why they should. They're already popping out all kinds of new Mainline cars all the time as it is.


Ed

[hudsonyard]

Haven't lots of those old P2K cars been re-run as proto line models? There's so many older P2K cars and kits out there for not much money that I think i get more enjoyment out of buying a kit for 10-15 bucks and updating it with some modern details/trucks.

[markfj]

Ugh, trying to look at the different product pages but keep getting this error message:

Error 503 Backend fetch failed

Mark J.
Reading, PA

[wagnersteve]

Nov. 8, starting 10:30 a.m.

market, just now I had no trouble at all getting back to all the pages of the November new product announcements by Walthers by clicking on the very first link in the first post in this thread. Thanks very much to James Ashley for posting it and to all who have posted in this thread so far.

My own opinion is that the plastic see-through versions of steel rooftop running boards on many of the Walthers Mainline freight car models are very well done indeed, almost as good as Kadee's. They're not apt to be as wavy as some etched metal ones can be if not fastened very carefully and also seem too thin to me.

[cpr4200]

I'm liking the CV Geep and the triple hoppers. Will wait until they offer the Geep as Proto, though.

[packer]

I'm curious what the prototype for the log car? I may be in for some woodchip hoppers.

I'm wondering why they chose green for the BN coal hoppers?

[12bridge]

The log car is a Milwaukee Road prototype, if I recall they were built from cut down boxcars.

[edwardsutorik]

Nov 12, 2024 8:30:25 GMT -8 packer said:

I'm wondering why they chose green for the BN coal hoppers?

I think it's because it's more colorful. And BN. If you like your train set to feature bright colors and big logos, these are for you!



Ed

[wictl]

The color was changed to the correct black. The error was caught early but not early enough.

Darin Umlauft
A WC, SOO and GBW fan in Slinger, WI

Nov 12, 2024 10:55:20 GMT -8 edwardsutorik said:

Nov 12, 2024 8:30:25 GMT -8 packer said:

I'm wondering why they chose green for the BN coal hoppers?

I think it's because it's more colorful. And BN. If you like your train set to feature bright colors and big logos, these are for you!



Ed

[NYSW3614]

May spring for one or two of the hoppers but really digging the coal dealer- the silos could be of great use for a future project.

They've done a lot of those Difco dumps; wish they would do some older versions.

Joshua

[cprengineer]

Nov 13, 2024 7:22:47 GMT -8 NYSW3614 said:

They've done a lot of those Difco dumps; wish they would do some older versions.

Joshua

I'd like to see someone do the older Austin-Western side dump.  Slightly smaller car, lots of rivets, and probably dozens if not hundreds of roadnames to do.

Marty

[cpr4200]

Nov 14, 2024 8:38:29 GMT -8 cprengineer said:

Nov 13, 2024 7:22:47 GMT -8 NYSW3614 said:

They've done a lot of those Difco dumps; wish they would do some older versions.

Joshua

I'd like to see someone do the older Austin-Western side dump.  Slightly smaller car, lots of rivets, and probably dozens if not hundreds of roadnames to do.

Marty

Hello, Tangent?

[lvrr325]

Quite a few re-runs here, the log cars, pulpwood cars, and I believe the coal dealer too