Product Announcement: HO NSC 3-unit Well Car from Walthers Mainline
Walthers plans a winter 2024 delivery for its new National Steel Car articulated three-unit well car model. This ready-to-run release will duplicate prototypes in service since 2012 and will be made with a die-cast metal body with separately applied side ladders, detailed brake rigging with air lines, metal Proto MAX couplers, and a combination of […]
New Release: HO BEST’s Bricks and Stones series adds tunnel portal
Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains (BEST) adds a Single Track Tunnel Portal (11-003) to the company’s Bricks and Stones line. This casting is based on a Boston & Maine prototype located at Clinton, Mass. The hydrocal castings dimensions are 4 1/4 x 5/8 x 4 inches and the single-track opening is 2 1/4 x 3 inches. […]
Product Announcement: HO Class One Model Works will add Thrall High-Cube Boxcar to its line
Class One Model Works announces HO reproductions of Thrall’s 86-foot highcube boxcars will join the hobby company’s line. Thrall was one of several freight car builders that participated in the production of these giant auto parts boxcars. Thrall assembled highcubes from 1964 to 1973, with both four- and eight-door versions in their line. Class One […]
Product Announcement: HO GMD-1 from Rapido Trains
HO-scale GMD-1 Diesel Locomotive from Rapido Trains An iconic Canadian first-generation diesel locomotive is the four-axle GMD-1 prototype. Rapido Trains has set an October 16, 2023 deadline for reservations for a new production of HO-scale GMD-1 diesel locomotive models planned for 2024 delivery. The HO replica will again include a heavy die-cast frame with piping […]
Athearn Announces New Switchers
Athearn announced a new production of HO-scale SW1500 diesel switchers for January 2024 delivery. The complete roster of Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern’s SW1500s (36 and 37) will be included in this release… http://www.athearn.com/Articles/Hobbywire.aspx
Blue Goose
Santa Fe’s 4-6-4 Blue Goose is a classic streamlined steam locomotive and was a one-of-a-kind roster member… models in HO are many, and coming in HO Collector quarterly magazine in 2023 you’ll see a survey of them in “A Gaggle of Geese”
Downtown Deco
Downtown Deco is working on a new kit for its line of HO kits. This biker establishment will be offered in the near future. The manufacturer recently launched a new website.
School House Rocks!
Saw this post on Facebook’s HO Scale Model Railroading page … awesome decoration for classic HO freight cars to replicate a classic Schoolhouse Rock short.