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.
February 10, 2016
Iowa Interstate GP38-2 in HO
Athearn has done a fine job of capturing the prototype fidelity of Iowa Interstate’s former Penn Central/Conrail Phase I GP38-2 locomotives. For the discerning prototype modeler, it would be an easy project to convert the locomotive into a 100 percent accurate model of No. 707.
January 5, 2016
Athearn Genesis GP9B in HO
Athearn touts that its Genesis product line of HO-scale steam and diesel locomotives and rolling stock “take model realism to the highest level.” Believe it. These latest entries into Athearn’s Geep family are fantastic models. So much so that it makes one stop and contemplate if ready-to-run 1:87-size locomotives have reached a plateau; can they really get any better than this?
December 15, 2015
Rapido MLW PA-4 in HO
Rapido Trains’ True North Locomotives has produced yet another excellent model that once again sets a new standard this time with its MLW FPA-4 and FPB-4. This is probably the most well-detailed and accurate Alco/ MLW carbody style HO-scale model — ever.