OCTOBER 2024: Journey through time with ScaleTrains recently released HO-scale Rivet Counter SD40-2 diesel locomotive models! Editor Tony Cook and reviewer Justin Sobeck follow a series of EMD SD40-2s that originally on Rock Island’s roster in the 1970s, to Illinois Central Gulf in the 1980s, and beyond. All this and more in the October issue of Model Railroad News!

Mill Gondola release from Eastern Seaboard Models brings enhancement and new styles

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 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

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.



Micro-Trains Line New Mill Gondola in N Scale

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

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

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

Prototype Profile: Chicago & Illinois Midland’s SD9s

Based in central Illinois, C&IM bought four SD9s in 1955 for its all-EMD roster.


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