News & Products for the week of August 14th 2023

Model railroad locomotive, freight car, and structure announcements for the week of August 14th 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 14th 2023.

Price: Direct-current model, $259.99; with DCC and sound, $374.99

Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports LLC, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; 386-673-8900; broadway-limited.com

General Electric ES44AC features:

Release date: Spring 2024

Road names: BNSF Ry.; Canadian National; Canadian Pacific; CSX; Iowa Interstate; Norfolk Southern; and Union Pacific.

Price: Direct-current model, $799.99; with DCC and sound, $899.99

Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports LLC, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; 386-673-8900; broadway-limited.com

K-2 Mikado features:

Release date: Available now

Road names: Chesapeake & Ohio

Price: $34.98

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

72’ modern refrigerated boxcar features:

Release date: Fall 2023

Road names: BNSF Ry.; Cedar Grove Logistics, LLC; CIT Group/Capital Equipment Finance; Trinity Industries Leasing; and Union Pacific.

Price: $159.95

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

Southern Pacific “3/4” dome lounge car features:

Release date: To be announced

Road names: Amtrak; Canadian Pacific; and Southern Pacific.

Price: Varies

Manufacturer: Bar Mills Scale Model Works; 207-929-3400; PO Box 609, Bar Mills, Maine, 04004; barmillsmodels.com/

Bar Mills HO scale structures features:

Release date: Available now

Road names: Ice House; Loft’s Candies; and Twin Peaks.

Walthers pallet rack kit

Price: $17.98

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

Pallet rack kit features:

Release date: Summer 2023

Price: $17.98

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

12-4 Sleeper Car Interior lighting kit features:

Release date: Fall 2023

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.