News & Products for the week of September 29th 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 September 29th, 2025.
HO scale locomotives
Broadway Limited Santa Fe 3460 class 4-6-4 steam locomotive
Price: Direct-current model without sound, $799.99; with Paragon4 sound and control, $899.99
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; 386-673-8900; broadway-limited.com
Santa Fe 3460 class 4-6-4 features:
- Handcrafted brass boiler, cab, and tender body
- Die-cast metal locomotive and tender chassis
- Factory-installed engineer and fireman figures
- Separately applied handrails, grab irons, ladders, piping, window glazing, and air tanks
- Prototype-specific details
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (as-delivered, 1940-1942, post-1942, and modern day appearance [No. 3463]). Also available in two fantasy schemes (ornate 1870s and aluminum shadowline), painted black but unlettered, and painted brass.
HO scale passenger equipment
Kato Amtrak Superliner I
Price: Standard car, $105; with interior lighting, $140
Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc., 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173; 847-781-9500; katousa.com
Amtrak Superliner I features:
- Factory-installed details
- Passenger cars have tinted, flush windows
- Detailed trucks with rotating bearing caps
- Body styles include coach, sleeper, transition sleeper, diner, lounge, and coach-baggage
Release date: Available now
Road names: Amtrak (phase 6).
ScaleTrains Fox Valley Models heavyweight passenger cars
Price: $89.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Heavyweight passenger cars features:
- Flexible end-of-car diaphragms
- Detailed interior and underbody
- Body-mounted metal semi-scale long-shank Type E knuckle couplers
- Minimum radius, 22″; recommended radius, 24″
- Available in five body styles (baggage car, single-window coach, dining car, 12-1 sleeper, and observation car)
Release date: June 2026
Road names: Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie, Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania RR, and Pere Marquette.
HO scale rolling stock
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter Trinity 82-foot mechanical reefer
Price: Without sound, $54.99; with sound, $89.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Trinity 82-foot mechanical reefer features:
- 12-foot plug door with recessed top section and separate door rods and door handle
- Ribbed roof
- A-end refrigeration unit access platform with photo-etched metal platform deck
- Fuel tank end cage with separate plastic frame and wire grab irons
- Factory-installed ladders, metal grab irons, tack boards, uncoupling levers, and train line hoses with silver glad hands
Release date: Available now
Road names: BNSF Ry. (as-delivered and with conspicuity stripes, both with Carrier HVAC)
HO scale structures
WalthersCornerstone wind turbine
Price: $54.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Wind turbine features:
- Injection-molded plastic kit
- Spins freely by hand
- 30-inches tall when fully assembled
- Includes base, tower, nacelle, and three-blade rotor
Release date: Winter 2026
HO scale track
WalthersTrack Code 83 90-degree crossing
Price: $34.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Code 83 90-degree crossing features:
- Thin profile plastic ties molded in brown with woodgrain detail
- Molded spike and tie plate details
- Drop-in design
- For use with direct current and Digital Command Control
Release date: Spring 2026
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.
