Article: NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: HO Scale F3/F7 and 2-8-0 Consolidation!
NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: HO Scale F3/F7 and 2-8-0 Consolidation!
We are excited to announce a new run of our popular EMD F3/F7's but with some incredible new additions to the HO scale market. This latest run includes restored and operational locomotives, along with iconic paint schemes that will transport your layout back in time.
The highlight of this release is our newly-tooled Norfolk Southern Executive F units. These four units are highly anticipated and have never before been accurately produced with their recessed, operating ditch lights and unique roof arrangement. Additionally, we are offering these locomotives in their current appearances on the Reading & Northern and Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad.
In addition to the NS, R&N, ACWR locomotives, we are also building the Chicago and North Western Executive F7's. These locomotives will go great with our C&NW Fox River Theater Car!
The order deadline for these locomotives is March 13th, with an estimated arrival of September 2025. These are locomotives you DO NOT want to miss out on so hurry today and order from your favorite dealer!
In addition to the F-Units, we are bringing back our 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotives. These will be available with Paragon4 Sound/DCC and Smoke, as well as in our Stealth Series (No-Sound / DCC-Ready). This run will include six railroads with accurate paint schemes, along with an unlettered version, allowing customers to customize their locomotives for their own fictional railroads.
The order deadline for the Consolidations is March 13, 2025, with an estimated delivery in August 2025.
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6 comments
I would like to see this model with a centered headlight and a generally USRA appearance. Would it be so hard to add a few customizable features, especially considering the price? I have two of your USRA types and they run fine. The 2-8-2 has no lateral motion and will not adequately do 22" radius curves.
Sidney Vaught
How am I supposed to pre-order one of these?
Thomas Scalf
I’m definitely ordering all the CNW road numbers!!!
Dominick Scaletta
I was wondering now that you are producing the RBMN F9A #270 & F7B #275, any chance you might consider producing a matching set of passenger cars to go with them?
Jonathon Boger
Greetings
I love my C&NW GP35’s. Love my E6’s and have my Fox River biz car ordered through my hobby store. I would love to see you release an FM H16-66-! No one else has come closer than a rehashed Trainmaster-!
Please give this some thought!
Philip Dohmen
The Norfolk Southern F-Unit announcement is really exciting for me personally. I’ve got some great memoires of seeing those engines on the road or at special events so, needless to say, I’ve ordered all four units!
The only thing I can say is that I hope BLI will eventually make matching NS OCS cars to go with these beautiful locomotives like they are doing with their Union Pacific cars.
Cheers!
-Stirling Callahan
Stirling Callahan
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