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The Alco C-855 will be hard to find, because it hasn't been made commercially, in any scale. I've seen a custom kitbash of these, using the GE U-50C chassis (and Alco Century shells from a variety of locos, I suspect), but the real things were only made for Union Pacific, and only three were made, so I doubt there ever will be a commercial product. Ebay is good, I've been snarfing up Alco RSD-15's left and right (one day I shall own them all! [maniacal villain laughter]), but you have to pay close attention to it because the offerings change so rapidly, and you may be outbid for items at the last few minutes before closing. I think there are some models of European-prototype MOW equipment, which might be converted to American if you can't find what you're looking for. I've never searched for the types of equipment you mention, though. When I first saw the subject of this thread, I thought I'd offer a snappy reply "why, N-scale's all around you!" I got started in the resourceful early years of N-scale, in the mid 80's, and I have to say there are a few plastic kits which were intended for HO scale which I have seen OVER and OVER again in use on N-scale layouts, and never on an HO pike. N-scalers back then perceived that the HO kits were highly compressed versions of the industries they represented, which when dressed up with N-scale details like door and window castings, didn't look quite so compressed in the smaller scale. Plus, there was a line of toy cars that came out (Micro Machines) which were approximately N-scale, just a little work was needed to hide their toy roots. And, sometimes things like souvenirs (a casting of a landmark building for instance) would prove to be close enough to N-scale to work, assuming you wanted that Bavarian castle on you layout... I frequently look at the HO dealers tables at train shows, just to see if there are bits and pieces of things which could be adapted for use in N-scale (obviously not a locomotive or rolling stock, but what about using an HO gondola's sides for a deck girder bridge? you get the idea).
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