News & Products for the week of June 19th 2023
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 19th 2023.
HO scale locomotives
Broadway Limited Lima Locomotive Works Class D Shay
Price: $599.99
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; broadway-limited.com
Lima Locomotive Works Class D Shay features:
- Operating smoke unit
- Die-cast metal boiler, tender body, and chassis
- Factory-installed engineer and fireman figures
- Separate, factory-applied handrails, ladders, conduit, generators, whistle, horn, and brass bell
- Also available painted black but unlettered
Release date: Spring 2024
Road names: Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk; Carolina & Northwestern; Chesapeake & Ohio; Mower Lumber Co.; Norfolk & Western; Red River Lumber; Southern Railway; and Western Maryland.
ScaleTrains Electro-Motive Division SD40-2
Price: $199.99; with sound, $299.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 features:
- Directional light-emitting-diode headlights
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, train line hoses with silver glad hands, and sand hatch covers
- Road-number-specific details
Release date: December 2023
Road names: Illinois Central Gulf; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Burlington Northern; Conrail; Electro-Motive Division; Rock Island; and Soo Line.
HO scale freight cars
Accurail 50-foot Superior door welded steel boxcar
Price: $20.98
Manufacturer: Accurail, P.O. Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119; 630-365-1173; accurail.com
50-foot Superior door welded steel boxcar features:
- Injection-molded plastic kit
- Plastic wheelsets
- Accumate couplers
- Steel weight
Release date: To be announced
Road names: New York, Susquehanna & Western
Accurail American Car & Foundry two-bay Center Flow covered hopper
Price: $21.98; three-pack, $64.98
Manufacturer: Accurail, P.O. Box 278, Elburn, IL 60119; 630-365-1173; accurail.com
American Car Foundry covered hopper features:
- Injection-molded plastic kit
- Plastic wheelsets
- Accumate couplers
- Steel weight
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Great Northern
Athearn offset-cupola caboose
Price: $43.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Cupola caboose features:
- Plastic end handrails
- Metal ladders
- Barber or Bettendorf Swing-Motion caboose truck per prototype
- Factory-applied smoke jack and brake wheel
Release date: October 2024
Road names: Norfolk & Western; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Rock Island; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); and Wabash.
HO scale vehicles
Athearn 53-foot utility reefer trailer
Price: $37.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
53-foot utility reefer trailer features:
- Factory-applied mud flaps
- Spare tire rack as appropriate
- Rubber tires
- Three fuel tank sizes
- Etched metal aerodynamic “wings” as appropriate
Release date: October 2024
Road names: Northern Refrigerated Transportation Inc.; B&B Transport; DOT Food; Maverick Transportation; Swiss Colony; TWT Refrigerated.
HO scale scenery
Athearn concession cupola caboose
Price: $84.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Concession cupola caboose features:
- Intended for static display as a scenery item
- Factory-applied smoke jack and brake wheel
- Stairs and platform for service through caboose side windows
- Industrial kitchen exhaust vent
- Variety of businesses available
Release date: October 2024
N scale freight cars
Athearn 40-foot three-bay offset-side hopper
Price: $32.99; four pack, $109.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
40-foot three bay offset hopper features:
- Removable coal load
- Flat ends unless noted
- Scale profile brake wheel
Release date: October 2024
Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian National; Grand Trunk Western; and Seaboard Coast Line.
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 email Senior Editor Cody Grivno at cgrivno@kalmbach.com and Associate Editor Bryson Sleppy at bsleppy@kalmbach.com for more information.
