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 […]

Product Announcement: HO Walthers Track Expandable Track Sections

Product Announcement: HO Walthers Track Expandable Track Sections Coming for the Walthers Track series is an expandable track section offering the ability to easily connect modules together or aid you in troubling track areas that present gap challenges. Walthers’ expandable track is a hobby standard 9-inch piece of section track, the piece can be compressed […]

Product Announcement: HO Morgan Olson Route Star Van from Walthers SceneMaster

Product Announcement: HO Morgan Olson Route Star Van from Walthers SceneMaster Morgan Olson has been building aluminum body walk-in vans since 1946. Based in Sturgis, Mich., the company’s vehicles serve many purposes and are common sights. Walthers announces an all-new HO-scale plastic reproduction of Morgan Olson’s Route Star van. This model will arrive in late […]

Product Announcement: HO House Under Construction Kit from Walthers Cornerstone

HO-scale House Under Construction Kit from Walthers Cornerstone Walthers will provide a new take on a classic model railroad kit theme with its new House Under Construction Kit (933-4157). The $69.98 release is an all-new laser-cut component offering with plywood in natural color and featuring prototypical dimensions. The kit allows for construction to appear at […]

What’s in the Box: HO Walthers Mainline Mech Reefer

HO-scale Walthers Mainline 57-foot Mechanical Reefer Walthers shipped a production of its HO-scale Mainline 57-foot Mechanical Reefer freight car models during the first quarter of 2023. This fully assembled offering reproduces the look of this type of specialized freight car as it was beginning in the mid-1960s. These cars frequently operated in unit trains or […]