FEBRUARY 2023: This month we examine Broadway Limited’s new HO-scale brass-hybrid Santa Fe “Blue Goose” 4-6-4 steam locomotive. This issue also includes reviews of Micro-Trains new N-scale two-bay covered hopper, Tangent Scale Models’ HO-scale Illinois Central wide-vision caboose, and the CD-ROM Santa Fe Steam Compendium series. All this and more in the February issue of Model Railroad News!
New HO detail sets from KV Models
New etched-metal detail parts from KV Models will enhance your EMD F-units.
USA Today explores model trains and Christmas
See USA Today’s “A (model train) Christmas story: The holiday tale behind a 100-year-old tradition”
A Boxcar 50 Years in the Making: Micro-Trains Celebrates a Half-Century
Micro-Trains Lines marks 50th Anniversary.
Yellowbonnet Turns 50
Santa Fe’s Yellowbonnet livery was introduced a half-century ago.
A Brass Replica of a Classic Kitbash Division Point’s UP Coal Turbine
Model Railroad News kicks off 2023 in a big way with big models, like Matthew Dowd’s review of Division Point’s HO-scale brass UP Coal Turbine.
American Flyer’s Texas & Pacific set
This Texas & Pacific set is a special release from American Flyer in S gauge.
Big Power for a Little Railroad
Brilliant in red and white Tacoma Rail’s SD70ACe diesel locomotives were recently produced in HO by Athearn for its Genesis series.
Prototype Profile: Chicago & Illinois Midland’s SD9s
Based in central Illinois, C&IM bought four SD9s in 1955 for its all-EMD roster.
Explore the world of White River Productions
