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 4, 2021
Hornby’s “Yellow Submarine” Eurostar… You Supply the Blue Meanies
Reproducing a unique first-of-its-kind prototype, Hornby offers its OO-scale Eurostar set in a special Beatles “Yellow Submarine” livery.
February 3, 2021
Western Pacific’s GP40-2s from Athearn Genesis in HO
Athearn’s early 2021 delivery of Genesis-series HO-scale GP40-2 diesel locomotives includes Western Pacific.
February 3, 2021
Ex-Rock Island Waycars for Union Pacific in N scale from Bluford Shops
A very popular and common caboose prototype serving North American railroads from the 1950s onward is International Car’s bay window style.
January 27, 2021
Capturing Charger Audio
Bachmann teamed with Train Control Systems and ventured out to Colorado to capture authentic audio of Siemens’ Charger for the new HO model.
January 5, 2021
The Ultimate Hustle Muscle: ScaleTrains.com’s HO-scale SD45
Is ScaleTrains.com’s HO-scale SD45 the ultimate example of “Hustle Muscle” in 1:87?
January 5, 2021
Fs for Executives: Walthers Mainline F-units
Walthers recently produced a series of executive liveries for its HO-scale Mainline-series F7 diesel locomotive models.
December 26, 2020
InterMountain’s Modified AAR 1937 Boxcar
InterMountain’s HO-scale modified 1937 AAR boxcar model remains an excellent example of this prototype. Introduced in late 1938, the modified plans gave railroads operating west of Chicago some extra cargo volume, especially handy for the grain hauling roads during harvest season, for example. InterMountain offers 16 different paint schemes in its current production run of its HO-scale model.
December 7, 2020
Menards Exclusive Starter Sets in HO
Produced by Bachmann exclusively for Menards are two new HO-scale starter sets for the 2020 holiday season. You can purchase these sets at your local Menards or online at the store’s website.
November 30, 2020
TrainLife.com’s Exclusive “Stand-in” Gons
An exclusive release from TrainLife.com presents ExactRail’s Thrall 3564 gondola in paint schemes for near prototypes in HO and N.
November 24, 2020
First Look at N-scale Thomas & Friends from Bachmann
The fun of “Thomas & Friends” is now available in N scale from Bachmann. The first releases are available now for holiday giving. Jackson Sobeck and his father are reviewing the first offerings for Model Railroad News.