The East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Public Works (Mount Rainier Division) acquired several new pieces of equipment this week, thanks to a government/military surplus auction (the Laurel Valley and Ponderosa Northern cars are custom paint/letters for two friend's N Scale Layouts):

These are Maruka Construction vehicles that I got from Ebay for a whopping $15 (plus about that much shipping from Hong Kong).  Since no one else bid on the auction, I can only assume the color is what made them so cheap. They are 1:150 Japanese N scale, which doesn't become apparent until you put them next to something 1:160:

Since EBRPDPW vehicles are yellow-orange, I may have to repaint them.  There is a small Philip's (!) head screw in the bottom of each - I may try taking apart the rubber tire roller to see if I can get just a shell for dipping and painting.