Model railroad locomotive, freight car, structure, detail, tool, and book announcements for May 27, 2021

Refrigerator car

Product news  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. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of May 27, 2021. HO scale locomotives  Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, […]

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Model railroad locomotive, freight car, detail, book, tool, and club announcements for May 13, 2021

Broadway Limited Imports BNSF Ry. Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive

Product news 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. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of May 13, 2021. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 and GP40-2L diesel […]

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Model railroad locomotive, freight car, structure, decal, and accessory announcements for March 25, 2021

Ten cabooses in different color schemes

Product news 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. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of March 25, 2021 HO scale freight cars Pullman-Standard PS-2 two-bay covered hopper. […]

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Model railroad locomotive, freight car, passenger equipment, structure, and decal announcements for December 24, 2020

Passenger car

Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, structures, decals, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroad editors have news on for the week of Dec. 24, 2020. HO scale locomotives Union Pacific gas turbine with tender. Nos. 64 […]

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New model trains for the week of December 3, 2020

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP38 diesel locomotive

Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives. New numbers. GP38: Norfolk Southern (thoroughbred scheme, two numbers) and RJ Corman (red, silver, and white scheme). GP40: Baltimore & Ohio (blue and yellow) and Southern Pacific (speed lettering). New paint schemes. GP38: Conrail (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, blue with white sill stripe in […]

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New model trains for the week of October 29, 2020

Wm. K. Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Great Northern (Empire Builder scheme); Belt Ry. of Chicago (1950s to 1970s scheme); Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme); Erie Lackawanna (gray, maroon, and yellow scheme); and Reading Co. (yellow-and-green scheme). Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct […]

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New model trains for the week of September 24, 2020

Southern Pacific class AC-4 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotive

HO scale locomotives Southern Pacific classes AC-4 and AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotives. Both classes offered in fantasy Daylight scheme, with black boiler with Southern Pacific lettering in two numbers, and with gray boiler with Southern Pacific Lines lettering. One number per scheme unless noted; also available painted but unlettered (AC-4 with black boiler and […]

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New model trains for the week of August 6, 2020

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HO scale freight cars Bi-level auto rack. New paint schemes: BNSF Ry. (Oxide Red with circle-cross herald and yellow with post-2005 herald), Canadian National (white with red “wet noodle” herald, six road numbers), Conrail (brown with “can opener” herald), CP Rail (red), CSX (yellow), Kansas City Southern (yellow with dual heralds), Mexican Rail Transportation (yellow), […]

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Quick Look: Atlas Z scale flextrack

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Atlas Z scale flextrack Price: $5.95 per 24″ length Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Comments: A long-time manufacturer of N and HO scale track (as well as O scale track under its Atlas O brand), Atlas Model Railroad Co. is now making Z scale flextrack. At 24″ long, […]

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Video: Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Vern Sargent built his 2 x 3-foot Z scale layout in a closet. See some of the detailed scenes on the Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville model railroad, which is inspired by the Monon and the Milwaukee Road in the 1940s and 1950s. […]

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Video: Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Vern Sargent built his 2 x 3-foot Z scale layout in a closet. See some of the detailed scenes on the Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville model railroad, which is inspired by the Monon and the Milwaukee Road in the 1940s and 1950s. […]

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