MARCH 2026: Rocket into spring with our March edition! Walthers new HO scale Rock Island GP7 is reviewed, featuring the road’s early “Route of the Rockets” livery and road-specific details in this Proto-series offering. Additional reviews include Trainz-exclusive O gauge tank car, and Rapido’s N scale dome lounge car. All this and more in the March issue of Model Railroad News!
Atlas Model Railroad Co. acquires assets of Micro-Trains Line
Atlas Model Railroad Co. has acquired the assets of Micro Trains Line, and will continue production of its line of N and Z scale trains.
Prairie Shadows first HO-scale locomotive release will be CP’s GP20C-ECO
Prairie Shadows first HO-scale locomotive release will be CP’s GP20C-ECO.
From the Archive: N’s first Amfleets
N scale’s original Amfleet passenger car from Bachmann
AHM’s Oldtime Freight Cars
A popular group of releases from Associated Hobby Manufacturers (AHM) are the collection of Oldtime freight cars in HO scale.
Patched C44-9W units from Kato in N Scale
Kato releases a former BNSF patched version of its popular General Electric C44-9W diesel locomotive in N scale.
An Essential Canadian Caboose from Rapido Trains in HO
Rapido Trains releases a detailed model of an essential Hawker-Siddeley Canadian National caboose in HO scale.
Escargot in HO and a GP40, too, from Rapido Trains
Rapido Trains releases an accurately detailed replica of an EMD GP40 diesel and matching “slug” unit in HO scale.
Prototype Profile: Canadian Pacific’s GP20C-ECO
Canandian Pacific GP20C-ECO at Knoche Yard on January 1, 2024.




















