Kato HO scale EMD SD38-2 An excellent Electro-Motive Division SD38-2 is the newest addition to Kato’s line of six-axle HO diesel locomotives. It’s a powerful model that features excellent detail, a smooth-running 12-wheel drive, magnetic knuckle couplers, and easy conversion to Digital Command Control (DCC). Prototype background. The Electro-Motive Division (EMD) introduced its 2,000-hp SD38-2 […]
Broadway Limited HO EMD SD40-2 diesel This good-looking EMD SD40-2 is Broadway Limited Imports’ first modern HO diesel locomotive. It’s a ready-to-run model that produces plenty of realistic sound during operation thanks to a factory-installed QSI Quantum sound system and automatic dual-mode decoder. The SD40-2 operates smoothly on layouts using either DC or Digital Command […]
Rib Side Cars HO Milwaukee Road boxcar This HO scale ribbed-side boxcar represents the signature freight car of the old Milwaukee Road and is the first accurate model in this scale to be offered as an easily built kit. Rib Side Cars’ first offering should please Milwaukee Road modelers and freight car afficionados alike. In […]
Lifelike Proto 2000 HO E6A and GP9 diesels Electro-Motive Division (EMD) E6 and GP9 (phase I) diesel locomotives with factory-installed QSI Quantum System Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders have been added to Life-Like’s HO scale Proto 2000 line. We tested both of the firm’s initial sound-equipped locomotives and found them to be great-sounding, top-quality […]
Broadway Limited HO EMC E6 passenger diesel Smooth-running HO models of the Electro-Motive Corp’s. early mass-produced, E-series diesel passenger locomotives have been introduced by Broadway Limited Imports. These ready-to-run models are offered in a variety of prototype paint schemes and include a QSI dual-mode decoder with the Quantum diesel sound system that operates on DC […]
roadway Limited Imports HO Pennsylvania RR K4s 4-6-2 Pacific A modernized Pennsylvania RR class K4s 4-6-2 Pacific has been released by Broadway Limited Imports. It’s the first model in BLI’s new Paragon Series Platinum products line made of die-cast metal for maximum pulling power. The K4s model is offered in three versions with or without […]
Bowser HO class N8 cabin car Bowser’s easy plastic kit for a Pennsylvania RR class N8 steel cabin car (PRR’s term for a caboose) greatly simplifies modeling the “Standard Railroad of the World.” The 200 cars of this class were built at the PRR’s Altoona, Pa., shop between 1950 and 1951. They saw service system-wide, […]
Märklin’s HO Alco PA-1 neatly captures the prototype’s chunky proportions, and its well-detailed, cast-metal body adds weight to product plenty of tractive effort. With the introduction of Märklin’s newest HO scale American-style train set comes the North American debut of the firm’s new Märklin Systems digital control technology. From the locomotive to the rolling stock […]
Trix HO NYC caboose The Trix pivoting drawbar supports a magnetic knuckle coupler. Trix has introduced the first mass-produced plastic model of the New York Central’s 19000-series wood caboose, making it much easier for Central fans to have a model of this widely used car. The caboose is well built and neatly decorated, but detail-oriented […]
Walthers HO 12-1 Pullman Walthers’ 12-1 Pullman is likely to become a staple of HO model railroad layouts set any time from the late 1920s through the early 1960s, just as the prototype 12-1 (12 sections, 1 drawing room) heavyweight Pullman was a staple of American railroad travel. The car combines the modular construction of […]
Wm. K. Walthers HO troop cars Two military passenger cars from World War II are now available ready-to-run from Walthers. They include Bachmann E-Z Mate magnetic knuckle couplers and models of prototype Allied Full-Cushion trucks with metal wheelsets. Both models represent prototypes built to move troops across America during the latter days of World War […]
Athearn HO UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger This HO scale 4-6-6-4 Challenger is a top-notch model and easily the best of Athearn’s Genesis-series steam locomotives. It looks like its famous prototype, and its fine performance is enhanced by sound effects whether running on conventional DC or Digital Command Control (DCC). The story of the Union Pacific Challengers […]
