News & Products for the week of November 10th 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 November 10th, 2025.
HO scale locomotives
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 diesel locomotive
Price: Direct-current model, $204.99; with ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $304.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Electro-Motive Division SD7 and SD9 features:
- Prototype-specific details
- Light-emitting-diode lighting
- Semi-scale coupler buffers with metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, end ladders, photo-etched lift rings, windshield wipers, train line hoses with silver glad hands, and air tanks with plumbing
- Underbody air filter details
- All-wheel drive and electrical pickup
- Minimum radius, 18″; recommended radius, 22″
Release date: Available now
Road names: SD7 — Great Northern; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Southern Pacific (SD7R); and Union Pacific. SD9 — Conrail and Norfolk Southern (SD9M)
HO scale rolling stock
Rapido Pacific Car & Foundry Southern Pacific B-100-32 and B-100-34 boxcars
Price: Single car, $59.95; three-car set, $179.85; six-car set, $359.70
Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 382 High St., Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com
Pacific Car & Foundry Southern Pacific B-100-32 and B-100-34 boxcar features:
- Separately applied metal grab irons
- Etched-metal crossover platforms
- Scale draft gear with Hydra-Cushion underframe
- Underbody brake rigging
- Rubber air hoses
- Youngstown or Superior doors
- Etched-metal uncoupling levers
- Separate door tracks
- Factory-installed Rapido semi-scale knuckle couplers
- 100-ton trucks with turned metal 36” wheels
- Suggested minimum radius, 18″
Release date: 2026
Road names: B-100-32 — Southern Pacific (delivery, faded 1980s+, and ex-Golden West Service), Arizona Eastern (ex-NOKL/SP patchout), Canadian Pacific (Golden West Service), Golden West Service (as-rebuilt), and Northwestern Oklahoma (SP patchout). B-100-34 — Southern Pacific (delivery, faded 1980s+, and ex-Golden West Service), Golden West Service (as-rebuilt), and Northwestern Oklahoma (SP patchout).
WalthersMainline AAR “improved” 50-foot double-door boxcar
Price: $39.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
AAR “improved” 50-foot double-door boxcar features:
- 4-3-1 “improved” Dreadnaught ends
- Detailed underbody with AB brake equipment
- Seven-rung side and end ladders
- Factory-applied Ajax hand brake
- Freestanding Apex simulated metal running board with see-through tread
- Proto-Max metal knuckle couplers
- Also available undecorated
Release date: Spring 2026
Road names: Denver & Rio Grande Western, Great Northern, Louisville & Nashville, New York Central, Pennsylvania RR, and Union Pacific.
HO scale structures
Summit Customcuts Spec’s liquor store backdrop building
Price: $39.95
Manufacturer: Summit Customcuts, 512A Ford St., Lake Charles, LA 70601; 337-436-8481; summit-customcuts.com
Spec’s liquor store features:
- All building parts and signs milled in white styrene plastic, laser-cut white acrylic, and self-adhesive micro-plywood
- Clear window glazing
- Replacement kit in the strip mall series for Pier One Imports
- Assembled structure measures 7″ x 3-3/4″ x 3-½”
Release date: Available now
O scale locomotives
Atlas Master O Electro-Motive Division MP15DC diesel locomotive
Price: Two-rail analog, $459.95; two-rail DCS, $659.95. Add $10 for models with ditch lights
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; 908-687-0880; shop.atlasrr.com
Electro-Motive Division MP15DC features:
- Separately-applied detail parts include windshield wipers, metal grab irons, uncoupling levers, m.u. hoses, snow plow, and train line hoses
- See-through steps
- Illuminated dials and gauges in cab
- Etched-metal radiator grills
- Painted crew members
Release date: Third quarter 2026
Road names: Without ditch lights — BNSF Ry., Conrail, and Southern Ry. With ditch lights — Norfolk Southern, Reading & Northern, and Union Pacific. Collectors’ Series — Union RR (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme.
N scale locomotives
Kato Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive
Price: Direct-current model, $135 to $160; with DCC motor decoder, $235 to $260; with DCC and sound, $335 to $360
Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc., 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173; katousa.com
Electro-Motive Division SD70M features:
- Five-pole Kato motor with dual brass flywheels
- Directional headlights
- Illuminated number boxes with factory-printed number boards
- Kato magnetic knuckle couplers
- Flat radiator section
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Union Pacific (“We Are One”, Abraham Lincoln, and lightning stripe schemes), CSX (“boxcar” herald), and Norfolk Southern.
Z scale locomotives
American Z Line Electro-Motive Division FP7 diesel locomotive
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 7805 Dublin Rd., Dublin, OH 43017; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
Electro-Motive Division FP7 features:
- Equipped with American Z Line 7mm motor
- Prototype-specific details
- Metal stirrup steps
- Optional front truck with coupler
- Blackened metal wheels
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.
