September 14, 2026

WRP Welcomes Nick Stewart to Staff of Railroad Model Craftsman

WRP is pleased to announce that Nick Stewart will be joining the full-time staff of Railroad Model Craftsman as an Associate Editor.

September 11, 2026

Tony Koester Receives First St. Louis RPM Outstanding Service Award

Model railroad author, editor, and longtime Railroad Prototype Modelers advocate Tony Koester has been named the first recipient of the St. Louis RPM Modeling Community Outstanding Service Award.

August 25, 2026

Arriving Now from Rapido Trains: EMC FT Diesels

Available now from Rapido Trains are highly-detailed HO scale replicas of the EMC FT created from all-new tooling in multiple road names with road-specific details.

August 24, 2026

Fast Tracks acquires Hunterline’s Structure Kits

August 7, 2026

Justin Franz departs Railroad Model Craftsman for new position

Associate Editor Justin Franz will be departing our staff to accept a full-time position with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art.

August 3, 2026

Athearn Genesis GP38-2s and GP40-2s Arriving Now

Arriving now in stores this week is Athearn’s latest production of its premium Genesis series EMD GP38-2s and GP40-2s in a number of all new liveries and variations.

July 24, 2026

HO Scale Rapido CF7s Arriving Now

Now available from Rapido Trains are highly detailed replicas of Santa Fe’s unique CF7 locomotives.

July 3, 2026

Bachmann’s Amtrak Midwest Siemens Venture Coaches in N Scale

Bachmann’s Venture Cars have been developed in collaboration with Siemens Mobility, using original design documentation and field research.

June 18, 2026

Broadway Limited Releases Southern Pacific 4-8-4s in HO Scale

Broadway Limited has released a “Deskirted” version of Southern Pacific’s famous GS-4 steam locomotives in HO scale. 

June 18, 2026

Walthers Releases Amtrak Baggage Cars in HO Scale

Now available from Walthers are HO scale Budd 73’ Baggage cars in multiple Amtrak paint schemes.