WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar Senior Editor Cody Grivno reviews the HO scale General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. The model, part of the WalthersMainline, has a newly tooled die-cast metal body and is offered in six paint schemes (and undecorated). The model is based on full-size cars […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcar Watch as Editor Eric White reviews these new 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcars from Tangent Scale Models. Eric goes over the underbody details and checks the trucks, couplers, and car weight on this new model. Get a closeup look at all of the separately applied detail and […]
Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2 Bring the modern era to your HO scale model railroad with the Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2. Senior Editor Cody Grivno reviews this HO scale model. See (and hear) the features on the model and watch it lead a train on Model Railroader’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff […]
The Lionel LionChief 2.0 Baby K4 is a modern O gauge steam engine that represents the Pennsylvania RR’s proud Pacific type. The model is simply detailed with lots of operating features including a fan-driven smoke unit, lighted flickering firebox, crew figures, and more! It runs well and is equally at home pulling a set of […]
Eric White and Cody Grivno review an EMD SDL39 diesel locomotive with a cab-mounted Prime PM-516 electronic bell and a really nicely detailed cab interior. […]
Eric White and Cody Grivno review three of the Rapido Trains HO scale Evans X72 boxcars. Each has a nice detailed underbody with its different style of consolidated stencils appropriate for each car. […]
We put the Bowser HO scale Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive to work on Model Railroader’s HO scale Wisconsin & Southern layout. […]
We put the Atlas N scale General Electric Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotive to work on Model Railroader’s new N scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy project layout. […]
Dana Kawala of Walthers explains how the new Build A World kits work to get you started with scenery and building construction. […]
A Lionel 2022 catalog review is the order of the day on Bob’s Train Box Episode 78! Bob and Hal take a look through the most recent Big Book and pick out a few items that have sparked their interest. They also have a first look at a couple of new Menards 14-3/4-inch flatcars. Bob […]
We put the Atlas N scale Alco S-2 and its ESU Loksound decoder to work switching some cars on Model Railroader’s new N scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy project layout. […]
Big steam pays a visit to our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Broadway Limited’s feature-rich HO scale Union Pacific 4-12-2 steam locomotive includes a synchronized smoke unit, brass and die-cast metal construction, and two factory-installed and painted crew figures. […]
