Bethlehem Car Works

04/12/2026

Checkout this video of a completed Yankee kit in action! The Model Train Technology lighting kit we had designed for this set is incredible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enn43D-hW2M

We expect to ship more kits this week, and are still accepting pre-orders.

The Flying Yankee was a gleaming, Art Deco diesel-electric streamliner that became an icon of New England rail travel. Built in 1935 by the Budd Company of P...

03/26/2026

The Instructions for The Flying Yankee kit can now be found on the product pages: https://www.whiterosehobbies.com/products/bethlehem-car-works-6000d-ho-scale-boston-and-maine-flying-yankee-deluxe-kit-dcc-sound-lighting

We are shipping the first batch this week! If your planning to get one please look over the instructions to make sure you also order any additional supplies you may need.

Bethlehem Car Works 4176-1792 HO Scale Union Pacific Horse-Baggage Automobile Car Kit. These unique head end cars transported horses and automobiles across the UP system. The bulky cargo could be loaded in one of the ends through distinctive full width doors. 3D printed body and floor with detail pa...

03/25/2026

The blue CR OCS 10-5's have arrived. They came out great! The interior and lighting really set the car off! We apologize to all who were also expecting to get the green from us but we had an issue getting as many as we needed. We have shipped out all pre-orders for the green and blue cars. We do have extra blue available to ship now.

Rapido BCWCR11 104120 HO Scale 10-5 Sleeper Conrail 11 - Blue Can Opener Bethlehem Car Works Custom Run This is Bethlehem Car Works first custom run car with Rapido Trains! NOTE: Preliminary artwork When they were first released, these cars broke the mold for HO scale passenger car detail. The level...

03/21/2026

We have acquired a few BCW legacy kits of the Reading/CNJ PBn and have them available for sale. We will be doing a complete re-design of this car in the future to honor BCW's legacy of this being one of the most popular kits.

Bethlehem Car Works 210 HO Scale PBn Suburban Coach Car Kit - Reading/CNJ Plastic Passenger Car Kits, RDG/CNJ PBn Arch Roof Coach with Reading and CNJ Decals included. Note: Photo shows complete and painted kit. Trucks are not included.

02/07/2026

We want to share with everyone an update on the Flying Yankee project. The final components for the kits are going into production now. We have worked with 3D Central to produce the bodies and interiors, we sourced high quality drivetrain parts from Bowser, a custom LokSound decoder from Streamlined Backshops, an amazing lighting package from Model Train Technologies, and decals from Highball Graphics to top it all off.

Dave is working on the instructions and paint lists. We expect to have all components needed by the end of February and expect to be able to ship the first batch in March. White Rose Hobbies will also have available paint bundles with every color needed to complete the model.

We are trying to stick to our pricing but will send out another update if anything changes. Unfortunately the cost of some of the components have gone up. If you have not yet pre-ordered this model you may do so at the following link: https://www.whiterosehobbies.com/pages/search-results-page?q=flying%20yankee

Please keep the comments on this post about the Yankee, we will post updates about other projects when we have them.

03/30/2025

Cutting the windows for the B&O C-10 Horse cars.

03/30/2025

Cut some windows for the B&O C-10 Horse/Baggage Express cars. Few more things and the first batch will be on their way to the The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society in the coming weeks.

03/25/2025

Roy Wards West Virginia Central & Pittsburg (WVC&P) had an open house on the way home from RPM-East railroad prototype modeler meet this past weekend. We had a few mins to stop by before making the trip back home to Central Pa.

The WVC&P is a prototype freelanced HO Appalachian coal hauler
set in 1958 and based on Western Maryland operations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The layout occupies a 24’ x 20’ room and was started in 1978. It has been operated by Timetable and Train Order and a Card System since its inception. It has 154 ft of main line and 113 ft of branch lines, 30 locomotives and 300 freight cars
and is controlled by an MRC DCC system. Roy’s layout appeared in Model Railroad Planning for 2006. A companion prototype article appeared in the 2006 issue of Classic Trains.

03/23/2025

On the way to the RPM-East railroad prototype modeler meet this past weekend we attended an operating session at David Baker's Cumberland & Lake Erie. I ran an extra and one of the scheduled trains.

The HO Scale point-to-point Cumberland and Lake Erie Railroad is
a bridge route between Cumberland, MD and Erie, PA as it might have appeared in the summer of 1957. The Laurel Division is modeled with trackage between Cumberland and Johnstown, plus two branch lines. The operations-oriented C&LE features hand-laid
code 83, 70, and 55 track; NCE DCC with steam and diesel sound, and yards and staging at each end of the model railroad. It occupies most of a 34’ x 36’ basement.