AHM “Santa Fe” Class S-1 2-10-2 Steam Engine

2-10-2 “Santa Fe” Class S-1 Steam Engine Baltimore & Ohio No. 5099 No. 5099-B No. 5099-02 -1980 Release Listed as a new item carrying a May 1967 delivery date, AHM’s 2-10-2 “Santa Fe” Class S-1 steam engine was only produced in B&O; livery at started life with a $34.95 retail price. By 1977, this steam…...
New Release: HO MAC Rail Operating Flip-Type Derail

MAC Rail now offers an operational flip-type derail kit. The $9.50 release comes with two assembled derails and a custom decal set for creating authentic right-of-way signs. The derail comes in primer white and is ready for final paint application (like the yellow-painted derail shown above). Check MAC Rail’s website for this and many other details […]
New Release: HO Funaro & Camerlengo ACF 1790 Covered Hopper kit

Funaro & Camerlengo’s new craftsman-level kit builds American Car & Foundry’s (ACF) two-bay covered hopper. This 70-ton freight car was introduced by ACF in the late 1930s and provided 1,790-cubi-foot capacity. This prototype served many Eastern U.S. railroads. The assembled model shows a Lehigh & New England example. Funaro & Camerlengo sells its $59.99 kit […]
New Release: HO Fos Scale Models Huffman’s Wrestling

Fos Scale Models impressive and elaborate four-story Huffman’s Wrestling kit is a recent addition to the company’s line. This release features a mostly clapboard structure with some add-ons, including a large exterior stairway (shown at the right below). Fos Scale Models provides newly created 3D-printed details for this offering, along with metal details and injection-molded […]
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 Athearn GP60s with sound-ready feature

Product Announcement: HO Athearn GP60s with sound-ready feature Athearn announces a new production of its HO-scale GP60 with delivery expected by the end of 2024. The group includes BNSF (patched Santa Fe), Cotton Belt, Delaware & Hudson (Legendary Liveries series), Locomotive Leasing Partners (originally EMD demonstrator units), Norfolk Southern, Santa Fe, Texas Mexican Railway, and […]
Project Update: HO Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 from PIKO America

Project Update: HO Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 from PIKO America PIKO America’s Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotive model is moving closer to production. These views show a subject-to-revisions preproduction sample. The light package and detailing will replicate Southern Pacific’s roster members. This Expert-series HO-scale offering will come in standard DC edition and with factory-installed DCC-sound. Visit PIKO America […]
Produce Announcement: HO Pennsylvania Railroad X23 boxcar from Funaro & Camerlengo

Produce Announcement: HO Pennsylvania Railroad X23 boxcar from Funaro & Camerlengo Funaro & Camerlengo’s new X23 kits reproduce Pennsylvania Railroad’s first standard for a 40-foot boxcar with steel framing. The road’s shops turned out a group X23s in late 1912, with commercial car builders going to produce nearly 7,000 examples. The kit includes a one-piece […]