Product Reviews

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Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotives from Rapido Trains

Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotives from Rapido Trains

Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotives from Rapido Trains are arriving on hobby shop shelves...

Rapido Trains General Motors Diesel F40PH-2D

Rapido Trains General Motors Diesel F40PH-2D

Rapido Trains recently released their General Motors Diesel F40PH-2D diesel locomotive. Associate Editor Bryson Sleppy...

Video of Bachmann’s HO USRA Light 2-10-2

Video of Bachmann’s HO USRA Light 2-10-2

We reviewed Bachmann's HO USRA Light 2-10-2 in the August issue of Model Railroader. This...

WalthersProto Trinity four-bay covered hopper

WalthersProto Trinity four-bay covered hopper

WalthersProto Trinity four-bay covered hopper [caption id="attachment_130615" align="aligncenter" width="860"] WalthersProto HO scale Trinity 6,351-cubic-foot capacity...

VIDEO: Piko’s 2-6-0 freelance locomotive

VIDEO: Piko’s 2-6-0 freelance locomotive

Walthers auto parts boxcar

Walthers auto parts boxcar

An HO scale 60-foot double-door auto parts boxcar is back in the Walthers product lineup....

Bi-level commuter cars from Rapido Trains

Bi-level commuter cars from Rapido Trains

Rapido Trains recently released its bi-level commuter coaches and cab cars in HO scale. The...

How the Model Railroader staff conducts product reviews

How the Model Railroader staff conducts product reviews

Ever wonder how a model railroad product gets reviewed? Eric White and Cody Grivno walk...

Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports

Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports

Union Pacific no. 4014 from Broadway Limited Imports The full-size Union Pacific Big Boy always...

Atlas Model Railroad Co. Electro-Motive Division SD24

Atlas Model Railroad Co. Electro-Motive Division SD24

A new run of Electro-Motive Division SD24 diesel locomotives is available now from Atlas Model...

Pennsylvania RR class K4 4-6-2 from Bachmann

Pennsylvania RR class K4 4-6-2 from Bachmann

Pennsylvania RR class K4 4-6-2 from Bachmann Senior Editor Cody Grivno hosts this Product Review...

Rapido Trains HO scale barrel ore hoppers

Rapido Trains HO scale barrel ore hoppers

Rapido Trains HO scale barrel ore hoppers Join Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he reviews...

RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers

RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers

RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers: Senior...

Spring Mills Depot HO scale DODX flatcars

Spring Mills Depot HO scale DODX flatcars

Spring Mills Depot DODX flatcars Editor Eric White takes a look at Spring Mills Depot’s...

Rapido Trains HO scale New Haven EP-5 electric

Rapido Trains HO scale New Haven EP-5 electric

New Haven EP-5 electric The Rapido Trains HO scale New Haven EP-5 electric takes weary...

General Motors Diesel Division F59PH diesel locomotive from Rapido Trains

General Motors Diesel Division F59PH diesel locomotive from Rapido Trains

General Motors Diesel Division F59PH diesel locomotive from Rapido Trains   Eric White, Editor of...

WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar

WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar

WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar Senior Editor Cody Grivno reviews the HO scale...

Tangent Scale Models HO scale 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcar

Tangent Scale Models HO scale 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcar

Tangent Scale Models HO scale 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcar Watch as Editor Eric White reviews...

Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2

Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2

Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2 Bring the modern era to your HO scale model...

ScaleTrains.com HO scale EMD SDL39 diesel locomotive

ScaleTrains.com HO scale EMD SDL39 diesel locomotive

Eric White and Cody Grivno review an EMD SDL39 diesel locomotive with a cab-mounted Prime...