Books

Special Feature Building My HO Scale L&S Salvage Diorama • by Sam Swanson — First Place Dioramas, 2024 Narrow Gauge Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Features Five Decades • by Kevin...

Features: Pete Hall’s HO Southern Pacific • by Dan Munson —  Modeling 1950s California Coast Division operations on a large HO layout. Conrail’s 52-foot Gondola Rebuilds • by James...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Looking for Less Horsepower   from Rapido Trains   Farm to Table by Rail ...

Features: Journal Spotlight  —  • Amtrak Ridership Reaches New High • Amtrak Inspector General Raises Equipment Concerns • VIA Moves Forward on New Long-Distance Equipment • Introducing...

Features: Allagash Railway Part 2: Oxford County • by Brooks Bentz — The Oxford county railroad is modeled after New England short lines of the 1980s. Boomer Trail: Cocoa Beach RPM Meet • by Jesus...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Executive Dress for the 1990s from Rapido Trains  Battle of the Bi-Levels from Atlas...

Features: Union Pacific SD60s: First Order 6000–6059 • by Diesel Era staff Santa Fe SuperFleet Returns • photos by Ryan Drake Departments: Rail News Books

Features: White Pass & Yukon Route in HOn3 • by MIKE MAY — Modeling an alternate history where the narrow gauge railway is still going strong in 1983. Erie Lackawanna Bulkhead Gondola • by JAMES...

Special Feature My Colorado & Western Railway—A Transition from HOn3 to On3 • by Jim Trowbridge — Part 1: History and Concept. Features Apache Powder Company #3 • by Donald Rose — A 1:20.3...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Early 1960s Cotton Belt from ScaleTrains Big Boxcars from Tangent Scale Models Three Types of...

Weathering includes blending subtle and heavy effects - grime, rust, soot, dirt - and doing it in a way that matches how prototype locomotives, freight cars, and other details acquire their aged appearance. Weathering Models from Jeff Wilson will...

Special Feature Radio Control For HOn30—A Simple Approach • by Keith Pashina — Adventures in Locomotive Control. Features The Railroad Equipment of theYellow Aster Gold Mine • by Dan Quine —...

Features: Roadrailer Finale • by Ryan Crawford 2023 Locomotive Production • by Sean Graham-White Pan Am Railways GP40-2s: 500–519 • by Diesel Era Staff Departments: Rail News Books

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  A Legend Returns   from Athearn Roundhouse New Life for Train Set Classic   from Bachmann...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type, there is much more to the story. At the highest level,...

ames Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type, there is much more to the story. At the highest level,...

Bob Schmidt & Michael Caramanna From the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California in the West to the Gulf of Mexico in the East, and from the U.S. Border in the North to the Yucatan Peninsula in the South, this new title features the passenger services of...

Jeremy F. Plant & Brian D. Plant Explore the changes over time that affected Guilford and its successor, Pan Am, from motive power and operations to the variations in name and ownership. Coverage in this volume is roughly divided between operations...

Flock’s excellent camera skills captured Southwestern PA’s class 1s, short lines, industrials, and trolley lines. Coverage wasn’t limited to trains and motive power – it also includes equipment and structures, as well as...

Model Railroader's Guide to Designing Yards -- Softcover