What’s in the Box: HO Broadway Limited SD40

HO-scale Broadway Limited Imports SD40 Diesel Locomotive The first release for Broadway Limited Imports’ HO-scale EMD SD40 diesel locomotive delivered in May 2023. This production not only is the initial offering for the company’s six-axle SD40 model, this production includes the newly added Stealth Series with standard DC electronics. In addition to DCC-ready Stealth Series, […]

Portable LED Light Tower from East Coast Circuits

A new addition from East Coast Circuits will arrive in fall 2023. The release is designed for use at construction sites, railroad yards, crime scenes, parking lots, and more on your HO model railroad. The offering will come with 16 LEDs, the unit will be able to rotate 360-degree, will come with detachable outriggers, and […]

Atlas announces Mobile Office for HO and N

Atlas announces a Mobile Office Container release coming for HO and N. The first release of this all-new tooling effort is due in early 2024. The model accurately reproduces a common feature of many industrial and railroad facilities with its 40-foot shipping container-style office. The model will include doorways, windows, and light fixture detail. Separately […]

Home Shops has Tangent-made High Cubes in HO

Home Shops has a new group of 86-foot high-cube boxcar replicas available decorated in schemes for home road/freelance model railroads. You read about Home Shops and saw the company’s initial release of a similar home road series of Tangent Scale Models-made 4750 three-bay covered hoppers in July 2022’s Model Railroad News. This latest limited production […]

Rio Grande hoppers in HO from Arrowhead Models

Arrowhead Models add Penn Central and Rio Grande offerings for its HO-scale Committee Design hopper car model. Rio Grande offerings include a dozen road numbers (with another six road numbers as exclusive releases only offered by Spring Creek Model Trains). Arrowhead Models plans to ship these new HO-scale hopper car models in February 2023.

Märklin/TRIX announces HO ES44AC

Among the many new releases included in Märklin’s “New Items 2023” catalog (available online) is a listing for an HO-scale General Electric ES44AC diesel locomotive with two Union Pacific decorations shown. In addition, the manufacturer is showing an all-new tooling hopper car for HO will be available to accompany this all-new tooling diesel locomotive release. […]

Safe-Pak is first HO release from Roka

A new name in the hobby, Roka Prototype Models is showing availability for an HO-scale Safe-Pak automobile carrier replica. The model is listed at $109.99 with several road names and multiple variations to the Safe-Pak design. https://rokamodels.com/

Atlas acquires HO Ford toolings from River Point Station

Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. is proud to announce the purchase of HO-scale vehicle tooling along with designs for certain previously unannounced products from River Point Station Fine Scale Models of Warwick, RI.  Vehicle molds acquired include the Expedition EL, F-250, F-350 and more.  A complete list of the acquired tooling is below. “Previously, in […]

HO Dry Ice Reefer from Funaro & Camerlengo

Funaro & Camerlengo offers dry ice reefer car model kit that includes a one-piece body shell. There are two kits available with the line’s 8520 release representing protoypes built by American Car & Foundry (ACF) in 1938 (car numbers 5021–5023) and 1942 (5028–5033). The hobby company’s other dry ice reefer kit release (8521) reproduces ACF’s […]