FEBRUARY 2026: Amtrak recently put its new NextGen Acela II into service on the high-speed Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. Bachmann Trains puts its new HO scale Acela II into service at the same time as the prototype. See this new Spectrum series release with its own elevated curve, concrete tie E-Z Track system in the February issue of Model Railroad News!

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December 2025
Vol. 31, No. 12


Product News

  • Locomotives & Rolling Stock
  • Vehicles & Loads
  • Structures, Scenery & more
  • Books & more

HO-Scale Reviews

  • Winner By A Nose from Smokebox Graphics
  • New Image DT&I from Athearn
  • EMD Repowered Alcos from Rapido Trains
  • GP35 Linking North & South from Walthers
  • EMD Critter from Athearn
  • Make the “C” into a “G” from Atlas Model Railroad Co.
  • Chicagoland Winnebago from Rapido Trains
  • Massive Modern Gon from Walthers
  • Fallen Flags from Athearn
  • New Contemporary Freight Car from Bachmann Trains

N-Scale Reviews

  • Genesis Tank Car Arrives from Athearn
  • Brick Church from Walthers

Book Review

  • Motor Car History from Union Pacific Historical Society

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