News & Products for the week of June 9th 2025
Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of June 9th, 2025.
HO scale commuter equipment
Rapido Chicago Transit Authority Budd 2600 series ‘L’ cars
Price: Two-car set, $389.95; with sound, $499.95
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 382 High St., Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Chicago Transit Authority Budd 2600 ‘L’ cars features:
- One powered and one unpowered car per two-car set
- Interior with seat and decoration details
- Operating headlights, marker lights, and interior lighting on both ends
- Working “destination” marker lights on both ends
- Detailed underbodies
- Wire grab irons
- Suggested minimum radius, 15″
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Chicago Transit Authority (As-delivered, Speedlines logo, Circle logo, Work Motor, Pink Line Promotional, and 75th Anniversary schemes.) Also available painted silver and black but unlettered.
HO scale rolling stock
InterMountain Railway American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper
Price: $46.95
Manufacturer: InterMountain Railway Co., P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502; 800-472-2530; intermountain-railway.com
American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper features:
- Etched-metal running boards
- Multiple road numbers per scheme
- Metal knuckle couplers
- InterMountain metal wheelsets
Release date: To be announced
Road names: BNSF Ry., Chicago & North Western, DuPont, GATX Leasing, Montana Rail Link, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific (Denver & Rio Grande Western reporting marks), and Winchester & Western.
ScaleTrains Bethlehem Steel Car F68BH Finger Rack flatcar
Price: $52.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Bethlehem Steel Car F68BH Finger Rack flatcar features:
- Prototype-specific details
- Underbody brake system includes more than 18 separately applied parts, including air reservoir, control valve, and reduction relay valve
- Detailed 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details
- Vertical handbrake staff and housing with detailed wheel
Release date: November 2025
Road names: Trailer Train and TTX.
Tangent Scale Models Thrall 5,800-cubic-foot capacity double-plug-door boxcar
Price: $58.95
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com
Thrall 5,800-cubic-foot capacity double-plug-door boxcar features:
- Separately applied parts include door rods, handles, tack boards, door track details, and flexible rubber air hoses
- See-through Apex, Gypsum, or Morton end crossover platforms per prototype
- Underframe detail and brake system variations
- Metal stirrup steps and uncoupling levers
- Multiple road numbers
Release date: Available now
Road names: St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian Pacific; and Milwaukee Road.
HO scale track
Rapido elevated track system
Price: Assembled display track, $99.95; straight track kit, $29.95; curve track kits, $49.95; Rapido’s custom elevated track joiners (48 per pack), $6.95
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 382 High St., Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Elevated track system features:
- Each kit contains track sections with nickel-silver rail and bridge pieces
- Curve sections feature CTA heavy guardrail on inside curves with bolt detail
- Includes third rail and guardrail as well as center walkways
- Bridge girders feature rivet detail
- Inside curve radius, 15″
Release date: To be announced
Versions: Curve track kit (45 degrees, one bridge section with joiners), display (three assembled straight sections with box), and straight track kit (one bridge section with joiners).
N scale rolling stock
InterMountain Railway Pullman-Standard 60-foot flatcar
Price: $38.95
Manufacturer: InterMountain Railway Co., P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502; 800-472-2530; intermountain-railway.com
Pullman-Standard 60-foot flatcar features:
- Multiple road numbers per scheme
- Metal knuckle couplers
- InterMountain metal wheelsets
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Alaska RR; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; BNSF Ry.; Trailer Train; Southern Ry.; TTX; and Union Pacific.
Z scale locomotives
American Z Line Electro-Motive Division SD50 diesel locomotive
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 7805 Dublin Rd., Dublin, OH 43017; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
Electro-Motive Division SD50 features:
- Blackened metal wheels
- Traction tires
- American Z Line AutoLatch couplers
- Prototype-specific details
- Two road numbers
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Kansas City Southern.
News & Products is a regular feature of Trains.com for model railroad operators and builders to get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more. Model railroad product news may include HO, N, O, S, and Z scales. Product release dates and prices will vary according to each manufacturer. If you are a manufacturer and have new product releases, please e-mail Senior Editor Cody Grivno at cody.grivno@firecrown.com.
