JANUARY 2025: Rapido Trains’ new HO scale Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 “Empress” 2816 steam locomotive model provides a royal kickoff to Model Railroad News for 2025! In addition to this review, you’ll read Clem Harris’ take on the all-new ScaleTrains N-scale SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor. All this and more in the January issue of Model Railroad News!
Mill Gondola release from Eastern Seaboard Models brings enhancement and new styles
Eastern Seaboard Models offers a new release of its Pennsylvania Railroad G26 mill gondola model in N scale.
Atlas Marks 100 Years with HO and N Commuter Train Releases
Atlas Model Railroad Company celebrates its 100th anniversary with the release of a special passenger set in HO scale.
AHM’s Oldtime Freight Cars
A popular group of releases from Associated Hobby Manufacturers (AHM) are the collection of Oldtime freight cars in HO scale.
A Boxcar 50 Years in the Making: Micro-Trains Celebrates a Half-Century
Micro-Trains Lines marks 50th Anniversary.
Micro-Trains Line New Mill Gondola in N Scale
Micro-Trains Line adds a new body style to its already wide variety of N scale rolling stock with the arrival of this 107-series mill gondola.
Rebuilt Well and Tall Container in O Scale from Atlas
Atlas delivers a 1:48 rendering of a rebuilt well car and a 40-foot high-cube container to its line of O products.
Hybrid Rail for the 21st Century: PIKO America’s Sprinter
PIKO America has offered a European Desiro for several years, but this North American Sprinter features details specific to the prototype.
Prototype Profile: Chicago & Illinois Midland’s SD9s
Based in central Illinois, C&IM bought four SD9s in 1955 for its all-EMD roster.