Product Reviews

See and hear for yourself how new products perform with these product reviews.
Rapido HO scale B36-7 returns

Rapido HO scale B36-7 returns

Rapido has a second run of its popular GE B36-7 with new paint schemes and...

Product Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale Conrail class G52X coal gondola

Product Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale Conrail class G52X coal gondola

Cody Grivno is in Studio B to give you a detailed overview of the features...

Product Review: Tangent Scale Models Greenville Steel Car Co.

Product Review: Tangent Scale Models Greenville Steel Car Co.

Join Eric White in the studio as he does an in-depth product review of the...

Product Review: Atlas HO GE U23B

Product Review: Atlas HO GE U23B

Join Eric White as he reviews the new Atlas HO GE U23B locomotive! Learn all...

Product Review: Micro-Trains National Steel Car

Product Review: Micro-Trains National Steel Car

Join Cody Grivno in the studio as he takes an in-depth look at the Micro-Trains...

Rapid Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale flatcars

Rapid Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale flatcars

Join Eric White and Cody Grivno as they review the latest ScaleTrains.com HO scale F68CH...

Check out the Atlas ACF 5250 covered hopper

Check out the Atlas ACF 5250 covered hopper

In the latest product review conducted by group technical editor Cody Grivno, the Atlas ACF...

Rapid Review: Jacksonville Terminal Co. N scale well car

Rapid Review: Jacksonville Terminal Co. N scale well car

Follow along as Cody Grivno, Model Railroader group technical editor, takes a closer look at...

Walthers Cornerstone Modern Suburban Station kit

Walthers Cornerstone Modern Suburban Station kit

Looking for a station to accompany your passenger line? Join David Popp and assistant digital...

Check out Atlas’s re-released HO scale GE Dash 8-40B

Check out Atlas’s re-released HO scale GE Dash 8-40B

See Atlas’s General Electric Dash 8-40B in Santa Fe colors in operation on Model Railroader’s...

Introducing Piko America’s HO scale Whitcomb 65-ton switcher

Introducing Piko America’s HO scale Whitcomb 65-ton switcher

In this Rapid Review, we take a look at and listen to Piko’s new European...

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD60M ‘Tri-Clops’

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD60M ‘Tri-Clops’

Join Eric White trackside as he reviews the Athearn EMD SD60M 'Tri-Clops' locomotive! Learn all...

HO scale Walthers Turnouts

HO scale Walthers Turnouts

Follow along with Eric White as he works on the MR&T to replace some of...

Rapid Review: Rapido Trains EMD SW1200 Switcher

Rapid Review: Rapido Trains EMD SW1200 Switcher

Eric White is back with another Rapid Review, and this time he's taking a look...

Tangent HO scale 40-foot PS-1 boxcar

Tangent HO scale 40-foot PS-1 boxcar

Cody Grivno, group technical editor, gives Tangent’s new HO scale PS-1 boxcar the once over...

Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!

Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!

Cody Grivno, group technical editor, and Eric White, senior editor, take a close look at...

Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!

Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!

The iconic class J3 Hudson pulled New York Central’s Great Steel Fleet until streamlined diesels...

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

The Canadian is out and it's roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader...

ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender

ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender

ScaleTrains.com recently sent us a sample of the N scale Union Pacific gas turbine locomotive....

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD80MAC

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD80MAC

Athearn is rolling out its Genesis 2.0 models and we recently received a sample of...