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Cowcatcher Magazine

Product Reviews

Cowcatcher Magazine publishes product reviews periodically in our print and online editions. See our review of InterMountain’s GP10 Paducah in the September/October 2017 edition. – Cowcatcher Magazine

Cowcatcher Online Reviews

Product Review: MAC Rail EOT Devices

Product Review: Rapido Lightweight Dining Car

Product Review: Grain Belt Models Bins and Culverts

Product Review : Rapido HO Flexi-Flo Hoppers

Product Review: Walthers Modern Yard Office

Product Review: PIKO SmartControl light

Product Review – Walthers Switch Machine

Product Review – InterMountain ET44AC GEVO

Product Review: InterMountain N-scale hoppers

Print Edition Reviews

Athearn HO-Scale ACF 2970 Texas & Pacific Center Flow Hopper – September/October 2007

Atlas GP30 – July/August 2008

Athearn HO-Scale GP38-2 – March/April 2013

ScaleTrains HO-Scale UP GTEL “Big Blow” Turbine – November/December 2016

ScaleTrains’ HO-Scale UP “Big Blow” – Courtesy ScaleTrains

Kato Sound Box DC Control System – May/June 2015

InterMountain N-Scale SD40-2 – May/June 2017

InterMountain HO-Scale GP10 Paducah – September/October 2017

Walthers HO-Scale Modern Yard Office – November/December 2019

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Hobbies, including model railroading, are being effected by the disruption in the global supply chain caused by the pandemic. A shortage of microchips is delaying production and releases of locomotives by some manufacturers in what analysts say is the biggest disruption to balancing supply and demand in decades.
Eight Steps to Ops

Preparing cars and engines before going into service on the HO-scale Mystic Branch is important for operations. Gene Mangum reveals eight steps that are necessary to get the most out of moving freight cars around the a layout.

– Gene Mangum
PLUS…

Norfolk & Western No. 611 returns to the Strasburg Rail Road for special excursions this summer. …

Product Review: Rapido’s HO-scale Southern Pacific Bloody Nose SW1200 sounds off with plenty of muscle and might. …

The Golden Age of Passenger Travel series continues with The Pan-American, considered the “beauty of the Southland” for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. …

The new Pioneer Lines, which owns and operates 15 short lines, has a fresh direction and eye on long-term growth. …

THESE STORIES AND MORE, PLUS A FULL CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS!
Product News & Review

Menards Intergalactic Party Bus

Model railroading can have its fun surprises, like Menards O-scale M&M Intergalactic Party Bus.

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Railroad in Focus

Cowcatcher Magazine routinely features short lines and regional railroads that roam the Midwest and Southwest. Features include color photographs and maps, but an overview of operations and latest business trends.

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The New Whitehurst & Pine Ridge Railroad

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