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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 April 21, 2022. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. […]
In a paragraph, how did you get started in the hobby? Meet Ray Dunakin: As a child, I had always been interested in trains and model railroads. When I was in junior high my dad gave me and my brothers a 4′ x 8′ plywood layout he had acquired from a friend. It came with […]
Walthers announced that a modernized 40-foot American Car & Foundry boxcar will be joining its popular WalthersMainline series. The HO scale car is scheduled for release in June. Road names in the first release of boxcars will include Erie Lackawanna, Green Bay & Western, Illinois Central, Lehigh Valley, Penn Central, Pennsylvania RR, Reading Co., and […]
Broadway Limited Imports will be adding a Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 to its N scale steam locomotive lineup. The model is scheduled for release in December. Road names on the 4-8-4 will include Reading Co. (in-service and Iron Horse Rambles excursion, three road numbers each); 1976 American Freedom Train no. 1; Chessie Steam Special; […]
Broadway Limited Imports is bringing the Norfolk & Western class Y6b 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive to N scale. The model is scheduled for release in October. Initial paint schemes on the model will be Norfolk & Western (as-delivered black with gold lettering in five road numbers, fictional 1960s blue scheme in one number, and fictional Tuscan […]
O gauge locomotives General Electric P42 diesel locomotive. Amtrak Operation Lifesaver 50th anniversary unit (black, yellow, and white scheme). One road number. Die-cast metal truck sideframes, pilots, and fuel tank; two painted crew figures; and Proto-Sound 3.0 DCS. Model is scaled to 1:48 proportions. $639.95. Second quarter 2022. Premier line. Atlas O, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com O […]
Large scale locomotives Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Ry. 0-4-4RT Forney steam locomotive. One road number. Features ball bearing Bühler motor, various light and sound functions, digitally controlled smoke unit, and mfx/Digital Command Control decoder. $779. Second quarter 2022. LGB (Märklin, Inc.), 800-321-8811, lgb.com Large scale freight cars Union Pacific double-sheathed center-cupola caboose. Separate, factory-applied parts […]
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 April 14, 2022. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. […]
Modelers supporting Ukrainian refugees: The HUB Division of the National Model Railroad Association, a 501(c)3 organization, has set up a fund to help our fellow model railroaders and prototype steam railroaders in their support of the Ukrainian refugee families who have arrived in Wolsztyn Poland. 100% of all funds donated go directly to this support. […]
James (Jim) A. Sacco, founder of City Classics, died on March 6 after a multi-year battle with cancer. He was 66. Jim started City Classics in 1989. The company was well known for its structure offerings in HO and N scales. Over the years Jim added other products to the company’s lineup, including window treatments, […]
Bob Phelps, former principal product design engineer at Pritchard Patent Product Co. Ltd. (Peco), passed away at his home in France on March 24. He was 84 years old. Phelps joined Peco in 1964 as a product designer. Steve Haynes, sales manager at Peco, said, “Bob was a huge American model railroading fan and a […]
What was your first train set (or locomotive)? My late father built an HO scale model railroad for my twin brother and I when we were about 6 years old. He called it Twinsville, and I remember playing with it. I had a steam engine and my brother had a Santa Fe warbonnet diesel. After a […]
