Product Reviews
Enjoy our in-depth reviews of great new model railroading products in a variety of popular scales, presented by the Model Railroad News staff. Please contact Editor Tony Cook to have your product considered for review.
August 27, 2025
Pepsi Can and More Flavors from Walthers: HO Scale Dash 8-32BWH
Walthers has included four different Amtrak paint schemes in this run of HO scale GE Dash 8-32BWH as part of their Mainline series.
August 27, 2025
A Fine HO Flatcar from Kadee Quality Products
This new 50′ flatcar model from Kadee Quality Products is a solid rendering of an extremely common North American prototype.
January 6, 2024
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.
January 6, 2024
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.
July 16, 2023
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.
July 16, 2023
Action Red E-unit: Rapido Trains CP Rail E8A Diesel Locomotive
Canadian Pacific owned three EMD E8 units, and Rapido Trains has produced a highly detailed version in HO scale in Action Red.
July 16, 2023
Tubro Roars into HO: Amtrak’s Rohr Turbo from Rapido Trains
Rapido Trains delivers its initial offering of another interesting North American prototype with the arrival of this Amtrak Rohr Turboliner set.
April 26, 2023
Athearn Genesis SIECO Boxcar
Athearn’s 50-foot SIECO boxcar is a Genesis release and this Norfolk & Western example is from a late 2022 delivery of these models.
February 17, 2023
Classic Covered Hopper: Micro-Trains Lines’ all-new PS-2 two-bay
Micro-Trains Line adds Pullman-Standard’s PS-2 two-bay covered hopper to the hobby company’s N-scale collection.