Model Railroad News

25/06/2025

Look for the White River Productions booth at the National N Scale Train Show on June 27 and 28! Say hi to Shelly and pick up your favorite books and magazines. The show is held at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel, for details visit www.nscaleshow.com

WELCOME TO KANSAS CITY! The National N Scale Train Show is coming to our home town this weekend June 27 and 28! Look for our booth and say hi to Shelly! The show is held at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel, and details can be found on their website www.nscaleshow.com

19/06/2025

New for N scale from Bachmann Trains USA!

This week's newsletter is on our N Scale ACF 50'-6" Outside Braced Box Cars!

Born from the Incentive Per Diem boxcar boom of the 1970s, the 50'6" Outside Braced Boxcar was designed to fill a growing demand for freight equipment. The IPD program, authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to encourage new boxcar production, allowed freight car owners to charge an additional fee when leasing their rolling stock to other railroads.

Learn more about Outside Braced Box Cars and sign up for the Bachmann Newsletter here: https://conta.cc/3ZCIGpD

19/06/2025

JULY 2025: The Milwaukee Road’s famous Hiawatha returns in late-era Armour Yellow livery. Justin Sobeck examines Kato’s recent N-scale Olympian Hiawatha set with FP7 motive power and signature Super Dome and Skytop Observation passenger cars. Check out these in-depth reviews and loads of new annoucements in the July issue of Model Railroad News!

30/05/2025

Jeff and Mike Zucker of Spring Creek Model Trains share updates on new arrivals and announcements in the world of model railroading with editor Tony Cook, and learn about coming events and train shows.

19/05/2025

You can build and paint structures and rolling stock with weathering and other details that really stand out! Combine them all in a realistic diorama, or apply them to your own model railroad. Author George Dutka demonstrates expert techniques in kitbashing, detailing, and weathering that are easy to master in a series of projects for all skill levels. 96 pages, softbound.

You can build and paint structures and rolling stock with weathering and other details that really stand out! Combine them all in a realistic diorama, or apply them to your own model railroad. Author George Dutka demonstrates expert techniques in kitbashing, detailing, and weathering that are easy t...

16/05/2025

When Conrail started on April 1, 1976, the road inherited Penn Central’s varied diesel roster (which itself was made of New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad veterans, as well as New Haven power added in 1969). Electro-Motive Division (EMD) F-units were not as common as they had been, but still in service on several Class 1 railroads in North America in the 1970s.

They were easy to find in HO, but did Conrail own and operate fully painted and decorated F-units?

15/05/2025

Launched after World War II, Penn Line helped establish the popularity of HO scale model trains. The company offered craftsman-level kits for several steam locomotive prototypes in the early 1950s, and by the 1960s was producing a line of fully assembled plastic trains. In fact, many Penn Line models remain on the market today. Get on board with this fun hobby history!

Discover the history of a pioneer HO scale manufacturer in The Penn Line Story: A History and Collector’s Guide. Researched and documented by Garrett L. Stauffer, son of one of Penn Line’s founders, this new book presents a wealth of information, facts, and colorful illustrations for the collect...

14/05/2025

ICYMI: Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. delivers a 1:48 rendering of a rebuilt well car and a 40-foot high-cube container to its line of O products; both releases are Master level offerings and are sold separately. The well car measures approximately 16 inches (around 60 scale feet) and the “40 foot” in its label is a reference to what is carried and not the freight car’s length...

Atlas delivers a 1:48 rendering of a rebuilt well car and a 40-foot high-cube container to its line of O products.

14/05/2025

JUNE 2025: Electro-Motive Division’s odd duck BL2 diesel locomotive is a new HO scale model release from Bachmann Trains USA. Check out the review of the first release in June’s MRN. Also in this edition, HOME SHOPS LLC presents a Virginian & Ohio General Electric C30-7 diesel locomotive in HO featuring the all-new Rapido Trains model. Bachmann’s all-new N-scale SD40-2 and Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.'s SD45 are also featured. Check out these in-depth reviews and loads of new announcements in the June issue of Model Railroad News!

13/05/2025

Pre-publication sale ends July 31, 2025! Free U.S. Shipping during sale.

The 2025 Garden Trains Annual is packed with building and how-to projects along with exceptional layout tours and is loaded with great shots from readers like you! It’s brimming with 116 pages of large scale and outdoor railroading, everything from prototype trains and information and fine scale modeling to free-lanced flights of fancy and whimsy.

Garden Trains Annual 2025: Large scale railroading outdoors is magical and our new Annual brings that to you, just in time for Spring!

12/05/2025

ICYMI: Micro-Trains Line Company adds a new body style to its already wide variety of N-scale rolling stock with the arrival of this 107-series mill gondola model. This Penn Central release is the second road name for this new MTL model; the first release was a Mineral Red gondola lettered for Santa Fe...

Micro-Trains Line adds a new body style to its already wide variety of N scale rolling stock with the arrival of this 107-series mill gondola.