Atlas acquires HO, N tooling from True Line Trains

Model Railroader

Atlas Model Railroad Co. announced that it purchased certain molds and tooling from True Line Trains. Among the HO tooling acquired include Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner and Montreal Locomotive Works RS-18 diesel locomotives, slab-side covered hopper, 50-foot newsprint boxcar, Fowler stockcar, bulkhead flatcar, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific cabooses, and Association of American Railroads 40-foot boxcar. In […]

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New model trains for the week of July 23, 2020

Electric locomotive on tracks

See the latest model railroad products from Atlas, Broadway Limited Imports, Kalmbach Hobby Store, and more! HO scale locomotives Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive. Amtrak (“Reliability, Efficiency, Mobility and Travelmark schemes) and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. One road number per scheme. Dual-mode TCS WOWSound electric locomotive sound package; fully remappable light functions, including blinking ditch lights, […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight — Video Inside Cody’s Office for June 2020, part 2

In addition to a new Menards illuminated lumberyard and an Atlas N scale flatcar, a new HO scale Accurail kit lettered for the Model Railroader staff’s own Milwaukee, Racine & Troy highlights this episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will also give you a tip for attaching the metal weight included with the kit […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight — Video Inside Cody’s Office for June 2020, part 2

In addition to a new Menards illuminated lumberyard and an Atlas N scale flatcar, a new HO scale Accurail kit lettered for the Model Railroader staff’s own Milwaukee, Racine & Troy highlights this episode of Cody’s Office. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will also give you a tip for attaching the metal weight included with the kit […]

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Atlas O Trainman O gauge Chesapeake & Ohio cupola caboose

Atlas O Trainman O gauge Chesapeake & Ohio cupola caboose

Price: $66.95 (undecorated, $64.95) Features: Separate, factory-applied window awnings, window glazing, smokestack, brake wheels, roof grab irons, and see-through running boards; die-cast metal couplers; solid-bearing caboose trucks; plastic underframe with molded brake detail; interior lighting with on/off control switch on underbody Minimum diameter curve: O-31 Road names:Boston & Maine (blue, white, and orange), Burlington Northern […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for June 2020, part 1

Get a quick demo of the sound-equipped HO scale EMD SD35 diesel locomotive from Atlas as well as a tip for using tungsten putty weight to get your freight cars up to National Model Railroad Association standards. In addition to showing you a selection of new model railroad products, Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno will also answer […]

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