Announcing the USRA 0-6-0 Switcher!
Models in DC scale & DC Hi-rail brass
Reserve by August 1, 2010 for special pre-production pricing

River Raisin Models is requesting reservations for the USRA 0-6-0 steam switcher in DC scale and DC hi-rail brass. Our builder, Boo Rim Precision, will build these models to our usual high standards. He has worked with us to develop a project that will have multiple road names with the different appliances and tenders that are appropriate to the different roads. There will be at least two locomotive numbers available for each railroad version. Each version planned will be built if sufficient reservations for that road name are received. Modelers will have the choice of standard USRA tender or an extended vision tender. A few versions will have road specific tenders.   More information  or   printable Reservation form

Southern Pacific Mountains
MT-4 and MT-5

The Production Models Have Been Delivered

check out photos of the sample models!

There are a few models remaining in all the versions. Don't miss out on this one!

River Raisin Models is excited to announce an expansion of our series of Southern Pacific steam locomotives. Continue to build your SP steam roster with MT-4 and MT-5 Mountains (4-8-2) in S scale. Our builder, Boo Rim Precision,is building these models now.  We are delivering all seven   versions planned.  Our models will feature both the freight and Daylight paint schemes. River Raisin Models will be importing these models in June 2010. These models will include the features and quality that you have grown to expect from River Raisin Models, including a 9 pin DCC wiring harness. Use our Reservation form or call us to purchase your model at preproduction pricing today! More information and photos are on our Current Projects page....

Recent News

MORE PHOTOS of the Southern Pacific production models have been posted on the Current Projects page.

SP Harriman Mikes and F-5 2-10-2 "Decks"  - advance orders have been delivered, and a limited number of these models are still available. If you are interested, please contact us to check availability and place an order. And be sure to visit the Current Projects page for more photos and information.

Hi-Rail Sharks available - we have Sharks (RF16s) with hi-rail wheels available for sale...contact us if you are interested.

River Raisin Models is now a dealer for ESU LokSound  - give us a call and let us help with your DCC sound decoder needs

River Raisin has these S scale brass models available in either the 1939 original or 1949 versions and also with scale or hi-rail wheels and couplers. Read more

Production models available...
Milwaukee Road Rib-sided Cabooses
in two versions, in S scale and hi-rail brass

No caboose on any railroad was more identifiable with the railroad that built them than the Milwaukee Road’s  “rib-siders”.  The road’s welded, rib-sided construction built by the craftsmen of the Milwaukee Shops, proved to be lighter yet stronger than the more typical construction methods. Between 1939 and 1951, Milwaukee built 315 bay-window, rib-sided cabooses. Seven different varieties of the “rib-siders” were built over the years with modifications and improvements added to the design.  River Raisin has built two of the versions that operated during the entire time period these cabooses ran. The cabooses lasted longer than the railroad did. (Model photo above by Bob Werre.) More photos of the RRM models