News & Products for the week of August 5th 2024
Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of August 5th 2024.
HO scale locomotives
WalthersMainline Electro-Motive Division NW2
Price: Direct-current model, $154.98; with DCC and sound, $209.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Electro-Motive Division NW2 features:
- Louvered radiator grilles
- Dual tall conical exhaust stacks
- Small front radiator grille
- Large center cab windows
- Factory applied hood and cab grab irons
Release date: Spring 2025
Road names: Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Great Northern; Indiana Harbor Belt; Penn Central; and St. Louis-San Francisco.
HO scale freight cars
Conowingo water and tool car
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: Conowingo Models; conowingomodels.com
Water and tool car features:
- Laser-cut wood car kit
Release date: To be announced
HO scale rolling stock
Athearn International Car Company caboose
Price: $119.99; with sound, $159.99
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
International Car Company caboose features:
- Interior seating and details
- See-through end platforms and steps
- Etched metal window screens on door and some side windows
- Wire-form grab irons
Release date: December 2025
Road names: Green Bay & Western; Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf; and Missouri Pacific.
HO scale vehicles
East Coast Circuits lighted long life vehicle mail truck
Price: $95
Manufacturer: East Coast Circuits, P.O Box 25412, Providence RI, 02905, 401-400-0668, eastcoastcircuits@gmail.com, eastcoastcircuits.com
Lighted long life vehicle mail truck features:
- Available in two United States Postal Service schemes: 1980s and 1993-current
- Input 9-12v DC only
Release date: Fall 2024
N scale locomotives
Broadway Limited Imports Electro-Motive Division F3
Price: Single unit, $249.99; A/B set, $329.99
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174, broadway-limited.com
Electro-Motive Division F3 features:
- Available as A/B set or individually, B unit unpowered in A/B set
- Separately applied details include grab irons, horns, and bell
- Roof antenna per prototype
Release date: December 2024
Road names: Atlantic Coast Line; Chesapeake & Ohio; Clinchfield; EMD Demonstrator; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Sacramento Northern; and Seaboard Air Line.
N scale freight cars
ScaleTrains Thrall 48-foot two-hood steel coil car
Price: $40.99
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Rd. NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Thrall 48-foot two-hood steel coil car features:
- Simulated wood trough interior
- Sixteen walkway side supports
- Four wireform side grab irons and four wireform end grab irons
- Factory-applied details include end handrails, hood guides, stanchions, load divider tracks, metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
- Four large die-cast unwrapped coil steel loads
Release date: January 2025
Road names: BNSF; Burlington Northern; Chicago Heights Transfer Terminal; CSX; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; and Norfolk Southern.
Z scale locomotives
American Z Line Electro-Motive Division SD60
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 7805 Dublin Rd., Dublin, OH 43017; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
Electro-Motive Division SD60 features:
- Prototype specific details
- Blackened metal wheels
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Soo Line
Z scale rolling stock
American Z Line wide vision caboose
Price: Contact manufacturer
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 7805 Dublin Rd., Dublin, OH 43017; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
Wide vision caboose features:
- Roller bearing trucks
- AutoLatch couplers
Release date: To be announced
Road names: Ontario Northland
News & Products is a regular feature of Trains.com for model railroad operators and builders to get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more. Model railroad product news may include HO, N, O, S, and Z scales. Product release dates and prices will vary according to each manufacturer. If you are a manufacturer and have new product releases, please e-mail Senior Editor Cody Grivno at cody.grivno@firecrown.com and Associate Editor Bryson Sleppy at bryson.sleppy@firecrown.com for more information.
