News & Products for the week of July 21st 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 July 21st, 2025.
HO scale rolling stock
Athearn Johnstown America BethGon Coalporter
Price: Five-pack, $279.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Johnstown America BethGon Coalporter features:
- Formed-wire grab irons
- Etched-metal crossover platforms
- Factory-applied brake wheel
- Removable coal load
- Multiple road numbers
- 36” machined metal wheels with RP-25 contours
Release date: December 2026
Road names: Conrail, CIT Group, Entergy Corp., and Minneapolis & St. Louis.
Athearn Genesis Pullman-Standard PS-2 2893 covered hopper
Price: $64.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Pullman-Standard PS-2 2893 covered hopper features:
- Freestanding round roof hatches
- Factory-applied wire grab irons
- Separate brake cylinder, valve, and air reservoir with wire brake plumbing
- Underframe details include air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details
- Photo-etched metal running board
- Detailed outlets
- 33” nickel silver wheelsets
Release date: December 2026
Road names: Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd.; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Monon; Soo Line; and Southern Pacific.
Rapido Halliburton pneumatic railcar
Price: Single car, $64.95; six-pack, $389.70
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 382 High St., Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Halliburton pneumatic railcar features:
- Newly tooled from original blueprints and measurements
- Full underbody details and piping
- Separate metal grab irons
- Stainless steel metal roofwalk
- Semi-scale metal knuckle couplers
- Roller-bearing trucks with metal wheelsets
- Suggested minimum radius, 18″
- Also available painted gray and red but unlettered
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Halliburton (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s versions).
O scale rolling stock
Atlas O Trainman bulkhead flatcar
Price: Bulkhead and short-bulkhead flatcar, $79.95; 68-foot flatcar, $73.95
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; 908-687-0880; shop.atlasrr.com
Bulkhead flatcar features:
- Side stake pockets
- Simulated tie-loops
- Fish-belly center sill
- Pull plate and lift ring detail
- Minimum radius, 36″
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Bulkhead flatcar (New paint schemes — Procor; Ashley, Drew & Northern; and TTX [modern logo]. New road numbers — TTX [black-and-white logo] and Union Pacific). Short bulkhead flatcar (New numbers — St. Louis Southwestern and Trailer Train). 68-foot flatcar (New paint scheme — TTX. New numbers — Department of Defense).
N scale rolling stock
InterMountain Railway cylindrical covered hopper
Price: $39.95
Manufacturer: InterMountain Railway Co., P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502; 800-472-2530; intermountain-railway.com
Cylindrical hopper features:
- Multiple road numbers per scheme
- Metal wheelsets
- Operating couplers
- Select road names feature Gypsum running boards
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Battle River Ry., Canadian National, Government of Canada (red, CNWX and CPWX reporting marks), Mobil Grain (Saskatchewan Grain Car Corp. patchout), Union Pacific (gray with Chicago & North Western marks and UP herald), and Willamette Valley Ry.
Z scale rolling stock
American Z Line AAR 40-foot modified 1937 boxcar
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 7805 Dublin Rd., Dublin, OH 43017; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
AAR 40-foot modified 1937 boxcar features:
- Etched-metal running boards
- Positionable doors
- Blackened metal wheels
- AutoLatch couplers
- Single car and two-pack
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Southern Ry.
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.
