News & Products for the week of August 28th 2023

Model railroad locomotive, freight car, and structure announcements for the week of August 28th 2023

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Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of August 28th 2023.

Price: $299.95

Manufacturer: Rapido Trains Inc., 500 Alden Road, Unit 21, Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5 Canada; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com

General Electric 44-tonner features:

Release date: 2024

Road names: Arcade & Attica; Hoboken Shore Railroad; and Sacramento Northern.

Price: $31.98

Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com

AAR 40-foot 1944 boxcar features:

Release date: Fall 2023

Road names: Chicago & North Western; Erie; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Illinois Terminal; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis; and Pacific Great Eastern.

Price: $44.98

Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com

Tri-level open auto racks features:

Release date: Winter 2024

Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Great Northern; Pennsylvania Railroad; St. Louis & San Francisco; and Southern Pacific – St. Louis Southwestern.

Price: A+B unit set, $349.99; single unit, $259.99

Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174 broadway-limited.com

Electro-Motive Division F7 features:

Release date: To be announced.

Road names: ATSF; Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago and North Western; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Milwaukee Road; Northern Pacific; New York Central; Pennsylvania Railroad; Reading Blue Mountain & Northern; Southern Pacific; Texas & Pacific; Union Pacific; and Wabash.

Price: $279.99

Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174 broadway-limited.com

Electro-Motive Division NW2 features:

Release date: To be announced

Road names: ATSF; Baltimore & Ohio; Bangor & Aroostook; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Canadian National; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; Lehigh Valley; New York Central; Southern Pacific; and Union Pacific.

Price: $59.98

Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com

Modern concrete grocery warehouse kit features:

Release date: Winter 2024

Price: Contact manufacturer

Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com

Heavyweight combine coaches features:

Release date: To be announced

Road names: Union Pacific

News & Products is a regular feature of Trains.com for model railroad operators and builders to get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more. Model railroad product news may include HO, N, O, S, and Z scales. Product release dates and prices will vary according to each manufacturer.

If you are a manufacturer and have new product releases, please email Senior Editor Cody Grivno at [email protected] and Associate Editor Bryson Sleppy at [email protected] for more information.