CMR Products Custom Locomotive Shells.
During Conrail’s Early years, reliable motive power was in short supply. In an effort to tackle this issue, Conrail sent 9 GP7s and 16 GP9s to Illinois Central Gulf RR’s Paducah, KY shop to rebuild the locomotives. ICG chopped the short noses for better viability, changed the control stands for short hood operation, and overhauled … Read more
Over the weekend it came to my attention that we haven’t advertised the numerous shells we offer. We will be taking some time to go through our various offerings and sharing what information we can find about the prototype locomotives. Our first locomotive we will be discussing is the EMD GP30 B unit. Union Pacific … Read more
CMR Products has updated it’s N Scale SD60E Locomotive shell. Based on our customer’s feedback, there were a number of enhancements that were made to the locomotive. The two key changes include fixing the Cab position making it part of the shell, and changing one of the primary fans on the top of the locomotive. … Read more
CMR Products is announcing the release of the N Scale RS-3 Hammer head shell. Alco created the Hammer Head model to house both the dynamic break grid and the steam generator. This unique model was only purchased by two railroads. The WM had four of these, #192, #193, #194 and #197. The PRR had one, … Read more
CMR Products has released the ATSF Beep in N Scale The “Beep” (also referred to as the SWBLW) is an individual switcher locomotive built in 1970 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at its Cleburne, Texas, workshops. Originally built as a VO1000, ATSF was hoping to follow their highly successful CF7 program, with … Read more
CMR Products has released the EMD GP35 High Hood variant. EMD produced over 1200 GP35s over the 2.5 year production run (July 1963-January 1966). The High Hood variant was purchased by Norfolk Western and Southern Railway, these workhorses have seen years of service and have been resold to a number of shortlines. This locomotive is … Read more
CMR Products has released the EMD SD40 High Hood variant. Originally owned by Norfolk Western and Southern, these workhorses have seen years of service. This locomotive is available on our website and is selling at $25.00. More engine shells will be announced soon! At this time, we are no longer manufacturing new resin casts of … Read more
Just released by CMR Products is the new SD60E shell. Very popular in HO Scale, CMR Products has produced the same high-quality engine shell in N Scale. Also released, is the RS3M Rock Island (GP9 Phase 3) and RS2M Rock Island shell in N Scale as well. All three are selling at $25.00 a piece. … Read more
CMR Products has been working closely with Big Dawg Originals over the last 9 months to offer quality custom HO and N Scale shells, cabs and detail parts. CMR Products has reached an agreement with Big Dawg Originals to acquire the N Scale product line from BDO effective January 1, 2016. We are very excited … Read more
CMR Products is now offering two new models the HO C30-7a and C36-7 locomotive shells produced by Big Dawg Originals. These shells will fit on Atlas C30-7 frames. These are undecorated polyurethane shells. No additional detail parts are included in the purchase. We are expecting our first shipment of these shells in July. Pre-Order yours … Read more
CMRProducts.com is proud to announce the release of new products from Big Dawg Originals. Norfolk Southern SD60e, MK5000c (Phase 1) or MK50-3, Baltimore & Ohio SD20-2 (also owned by CSX), and the Western Maryland GP9m Cab. All of these HO Shells/Cabs can be special ordered. We have the SD60E and SD20-2 available in stock and … Read more