RMC Product Reviews
Reviews of great new products for the scale model railroader, presented by the staff Railroad Model Craftsman staff and updated monthly. To have your products considered for review, please send samples to:
Railroad Model Craftsman
Attn: Harry K. Wong
P.O. 16673
San Francisco, CA 94116
September 26, 2025
Athearn Genesis 13K Acid Tank Cars
Athearn’s Genesis 13k tank cars come bristling with an extremely high level of detail, especially for N scale.
September 2, 2025
New Class One Model Works GSC Depressed-Center Flatcars
This highly detailed ready-to-run HO scale model from Class One represents the GSC heavy-duty flatcar.
September 2, 2025
Rapido Trains Metra EMD ‘Winnebago’ F40PHM-2s and F40PHM-3s
With 243 stations, eleven different routes and over 500 route miles, Chicago’s Metra operates the fourth largest commuter rail network in the United States.
August 21, 2025
Athearn Genesis EMD GP15-1 and GP15Ts
For 2025, Athearn has delivered a new production of its GP15-1 and GP15T locomotives.
June 20, 2025
Broadway Limited Imports’ Southern Pacific B-1 2-8-4 Berkshire
Now available from Broadway Limited Imports are former B&M T-1a Berkshires finished as they first appeared on the Southern Pacific
June 20, 2025
Aurora Miniatures CN Transcona Shops 50’ Plate F Boxcar
The 200-strong fleet of CN Transcona Shops 6,286 cu. ft. high-cube boxcars is the subject of the latest HO scale model from Aurora Miniatures.
May 31, 2025
Rapido Trains GE C30-7 Locomotives
Now available from Rapido Trains are highly-detailed state-of-the-art HO scale renditions of the General Electric C30-7 in multiple road-specific variations.
May 29, 2025
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter EMD GP40 Locomotives
Now available from ScaleTrains are all-new EMD GP40 locomotives as part of its premium-level “Rivet Counter” line.
January 3, 2025
HEP-Equipped E8/9As and Budd Gallery Commuter Cars from Rapido Trains
Now available from Rapido Trains are all-new highly detailed replicas of EMD E8A and E9A passenger locomotives and Budd Gallery Cars used on Chicago’s commuter lines from the 1970s until the 1990s.
January 3, 2025
Alco FA-1/FB-1 Diesels from Rapido Trains
Continuing its series of streamlined Alco diesel models, Rapido Trains is now offering highly detailed replicas of the Alco FA-1 and FB-1.
