Books and Magazines

In The Current Issue Locomotive Noise A Troubleshooter by Ron Bearden The Short & Nn3arrow The OmniRGS in Nn3, Part 1 by Gregg Cudworth Quick Notes Making Easy Power Poles by Dennis Murphy The Sutter Creek...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Sensational Shay   Class D 4-truck from Broadway Limited Imports  Chessie...

Features: Waites River Railway: North Arlington by ERIC WILLIAMS - Building a cameo-style layout to pack big scenes and switching in an apartment. Simple Styrene Barns by MATT WOODS - Using styrene to scratchbuild weathered...

Features: Big Boy 4014 Eastern Tour staff report Big Boy Reunion by Mike Rinkunas Susquehanna Office Car Specials staff report Columns: Railpace News • by Carl G. Perelman Seashore Lines • by Dale W...

Features: Siskiyou Freight Finale by ERIC CORTINAS AND PARKER GIBSON— Troubled times for the former Southern Pacific route connecting Oregon and California. Southern’s Steam Legacy by KEVIN GILLIAM — Looking...

Special Feature The Tall Pine Lumber Company Car Shop My version of the West Side Lumber Co. shops. — by Chuck Lind  Features Let There Be Lots Of Lights LED lighting, sound and animations are highlights on John...

Features: Delaware-Lackawanna’s Key Lock & Lantern Excursion by C.J. Boyko East Broad Top Update by Dan Cupper Rail Improvement Projects in Northern Virginia by Wilson B. Harkins III Urban Railfanning: New Brunswick, New...

Features: When Freedom Came to Kingsport by STEVE PATTERSON— An eight-year-old railfan was duly impressed when the 1947 American Freedom Train rolled into Kingsport, Tenn. Speedway to Sunshineby KEVIN MEISENHELTER— Predictable...

Features: A Model Railfan in the Midwestby KEITH M. KOHLMANN - Fine Midwestern modeling in N scale captured from a railfan’s perspective. Pullman-Standard ‘New Family’ Gonsby JAMES KINKAID - A modern 1970s design that...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Zito Business Attire   from Broadway Limited Imports Union Pacific Fleet...

You can create realistic scenery for your model railroad! Follow along and learn tips and techniques from the experts, taken from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman. You don’t need expensive tools or specialized training to achieve realistic...

In The Current Issue by Thomas Knapp, MMR #101 The Short & Nn3arrow Mark Fielder’s Gliesh Valley Railroad, Part 1 – AND – The Red Mountain Diorama, Revisited – by Preston Sands by Ward Thorne The Sutter Creek Division Phase Two: Interstate 70 and...

Special Feature Building the North End of Ridgway on My HOn3  Rio Grande Southern LayoutA Long Time Coming — by Steve Harris Features Exploring the Abandoned Davenport Cement Plant An Electric Railway Not Far From...

Features: Reno Railfan Guide by NICK STEWART— The scenic area surrounding Reno, Nev., features heavy main line action from Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. End of the Line for DC Streetcarby STEVE BARRY— After 10 years of trying,...

Features: Soo Line’s Fuel Tenders • by Martin Young Monongahela Connecting • by Gordon Lloyd, Jr. Departments: Rail News Books

Features: Journal Spotlight —   • Amtrak unveils first Airo Cascades trainset• Amtrak FY2025 On-Time Performance• Winter Storm Fern disrupts Amtrak and commuter operations• AmeriStarRail’s long-distance...

Features: Century Club: New York Society of Model Engineers by ANDREW BRUSGARD - The Union, Hoboken & Overland is a celebration of craftsmanship in HO. Bridge 193: CNJ’s Jefferson St. Bridge by JONATHAN JONES -...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews VIA Rail Canada’s New Trainset   from Bachmann Trains Streamlined Cupola Caboose ...

Features Conrail’s 50th Anniversary — Fifty Years since the Northeast’s 1976 Megamerger Spirit of ‘76 Bicentennial Memories — Looking back at the celebration of our 200th! Take a Ride on the Reading...with...

Structures are a key part of your model railroad, providing visual interest as well as supporting the operation of your railroad. The Structure Handbook offers modelers new skills, tips, and tricks that can be applied to the construction, finishing, and...