News & Products for the week of March 20th 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 March 20th 2023.
G scale locomotives
LGB General Electric P42 diesel locomotive
Price: $1,400.00
Manufacturer: LGB (Märklin, Inc.), 1406 Creek Trail Dr., Ste. 100, Jefferson City, MO 65109; 800-321-8811; lgb.com
General Electric Genesis 103 features:
- 2 Bühler motor ball bearing motors
- DCC sound decoder-equipped
- Multiple light and sound functions including cab and instrument lighting
- Factory-installed American knuckle couplers
Release date: Q3 2023
Road names: Amtrak
HO scale locomotives
Athearn Electro-Motive Division Model 40
Price: $134.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Electro-Motive Division Model 40 features:
- Separately-applied horn, exhaust stacks, and bell
- See-through cab windows
- Bi-directional constant light-emitting diode lighting
- Celcon handrails
- All-wheel electrical pickup
Release date: July 2024
Road names: Blue and gray; Borg Warner Calumet Steel; Electro-Motive; faded red and yellow; Professional Locomotive Service; Shop Goat; and United States Army.
Athearn Genesis Electro-Motive Division SD70M
Price: Direct-current, $229.99; with DCC and sound, $329.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Electro-Motive Division SD70M features:
- Road-specific details
- Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, and breather pipes
- See-through cab windows and full cab interior
- Details include uncoupling levers, lift rings, walkway tread, flexible trainline, windshield wipers, and wire grab irons
- Light-emitting diode lighting including headlights and signal lights as appropriate
Release date: July 2024
Road names: BNSF Ry.; CSX; EMD Leasing; Lake State Railway; Ontario Northland; Santa Fe; and Union Pacific.
Broadway Limited Baldwin centipede
Price: Single unit, $329.99; two-unit set, $599.99
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174 broadway-limited.com
Baldwin centipede features:
- Separately-controllable light-emitting diode headlight, rear light, cab light, and numberboards
- Separately-applied details include handrails, grab irons, horn, bell, wipers, and etched metal grills
- Built-in Capacity Pack
- Minimum operating radius: 22″
Release date: Available now
Road names: Baldwin demonstrator; Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México; Pennsylvania Railroad; Seaboard Air Line; and Union Pacific.
HO scale freight cars
Atlas 50-foot postwar single door boxcar
Price: $52.95
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; 908-678-0880; shop.atlasrr.com
50-foot postwar single door boxcar features:
- Separately-applied details including ladders and grab irons
- Superior or Youngtown doors
- Detailed underframe
- Straight, tabbed and fishbelly side sill styles
- Equipped with metal wheelsets
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Canadian National; Chesapeake & Ohio; Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México; Missouri Pacific; New York Central; Northern Pacific; and Reading.
Rapido Gunderson 53-foot double-stack well car
Price: Single-well car with two containers, $67.95; two-car packs, $99.95
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Gunderson 53-foot double-stack well car features:
- See-through etched metal walkways
- Injection molded plastic end handrails and brake detailing
- 70-ton trucks with 33″ metal wheelsets
- Metal knuckle couplers
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad; Canadian Pacific; Ferromex; and TTX.
WalthersMainline Greenville 7000 cubic foot wood chip hopper car
Price: $39.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Greenville 7000 cubic foot wood chip hopper car features:
- Prototypical interior bracing
- Door latch details
- Detailed brake gear
- Die-cast metal underframe
- 100-ton trucks with 36″ RP-25 contoured metal wheels
Release date: Summer 2023
Road names: CSX; Meridian Bigbee; Norfolk Southern; Santa Fe; Seaboard Coast Line; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific. Also available undecorated.
HO scale structures
Walthers Cornerstone chocolate factory
Price: $119.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Chocolate factory features:
- Three buildings plus accessories including two-story brick office, large main building, and receiving building
- Accessories include rooftop vents & large air conditioners, electrical equipment box & meters, truck docks with weather bellows, roadside sign
- Molded in 4 colors with clear acetate
- Includes gravity-fed upright storage tanks, pipe bridge with piping, and unloading/loading rack for tank cars, hoppers, and semi-trailers
Release date: Summer 2023
N scale freight cars
Rapido AutoFlood III hopper car
Price: Single car, $38.95; pack of six, $233.70
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
AutoFlood III hopper car features:
- Detailed end cages including air and brake piping
- Separately-applied end cross-over platforms and uncoupling levers
- Full interior rivet and K-member details
- Removable coal load included
- Die-cast frame and floor
Release date: Available now
Road names: BNSF; Carolina Power & Light Co.; CIT Group; General American Marks Co.; Gulf Power Co.; Western Resources Inc.; and Union Pacific.
Books
SilverLake Images, LLC’s Virginian Railway: Demonstrating Heavy Tonnage Handling
Price: $35.00
Manufacturer: SilverLake Images LLC, available from Ron’s Books, P.O. Box 714, Harrison, NY 10528; 914-967-7541; ronsbooks.com
Virginian Railway: Demonstrating Heavy Tonnage Handling features:
- Softcover, 83 pages
- 1921 publication from the Virginian Railway and Westinghouse Air Brake Company about handling heavy freight tonnage
- Includes a brief look at the Virginian Railway and its operations, air brake equipment for freight trains, and the testing and demonstration of the new Type K air brake equipment
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.
