My name is Jes and I'd like to share my experiences with tramway (trolley) modelling on this blog. Welcome! For all of you who have been, like me, under a rock the past year (well, at least, in modeltramland that is), here are some highlights of all new available tram models in N scale (which are many!).
First of all, and I'm very excited about this one, there's the all-new Düwag M/N type M6 from Hobbytrain/Lemke. Three liveries will be available: Bogestra, Mülheim/Ruhr and Nürnberger Verkehrsbetriebe. I particularly like the yellow/white/grey Mülheim livery. Release date and price: unknown at the moment.
Then, there's the re-release of the an old favourite, the Arnold Düwag 'strassenbahn'. Again there will be three different liveries: Creme with 'Jägermeister' advert from Bochum, creme with 'Persil' advert from Düssendorf (apparently only available form Menzel's Lokschuppen in Düsseldorf), and the yellow/blue Essen livery.
From Tomytec there are three new trams for the TM-LRT01 chassis, like the Okayama railway variant on the left. Also available: the red Manyosen MLRV 1000 and the red/white Kumamoto type 0800. The design of the three new trams is similar to the PORTRAM series.
Finally, the good old Bachmann PCC trolley. Now in five new variants: Cincinnati, New York 3rd Avenue, Kansas City, Toronto and St. Louis Railways. At the left the Toronto livery.