WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar

red flatcar

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 […]

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Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2

Florida East Coast paint scheme on a locomotive

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 […]

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Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2

Florida East Coast paint scheme on a locomotive

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 […]

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Locomotives in fresh paint — and freight cars too

Photo of diesel locomotive painted red, white, and black.

Locomotives and freight cars in fresh paint Locomotives and freight cars in fresh paint. Many modelers, myself included, enjoy accurately weathering locomotives and freight cars. I’ve written several articles on weathering for Model Railroader in my time with the magazine, including “How to weather with acrylics” in May 2016 and “How to weather a covered […]

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Genesee & Wyoming railroad to serve new Hyundai plant in Georgia

Map of the Geogia Central Railway

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Genesee & Wyoming’s Georgia Central Railway will serve a new Hyundai Motor Group electric vehicle and battery manufacturing in Bryan County, Ga., the railroad has announced. The plant, a $5.5 billion project, is scheduled to begin commercial production in the first half of 2025, with Georgia Central delivering materials for production as […]

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Fairmont Railway Motors MOW & Work Equipment from SilverLake Images LLC

Fairmont Railway Motors MOW & Work Equipment book

Book: Fairmont Railway Motors MOW & Work Equipment Price: $35 Publisher: SilverLake Images LLC, available from Ron’s Books, P.O. Box 714, Harrison, NY 10528, 914-967-7541, ronsbooks.com Fairmont Railway Motors MOW & Work Equipment contents: Reproductions of two catalogs from Fairmont Railway Motors: Fairmont railway motor cars and work equipment (1944) Fairmont railway maintenance-of-way equipment (1977) […]

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Lionel Legacy Acela sets are loaded with great features

Lionel Acela Amtrak and Polar Express models

This review of the Lionel Legacy Acela High Speed Train Set is by Chris Montagna of the popular Chris’s Trains and Things channel on YouTube. One of the more highly-anticipated models from Lionel in its 2021 Volume 1 catalog was the re-release of the Acela High-Speed Train Set. We’ve come to expect Lionel to re-release […]

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