Books and Magazines

Features: Tale of Two Locals: UP Oakland Sub by SETH NEUMANN - Operating two busy locals on the HO scale Union Pacific Oakland Sub set in 1999. Wilson All-Steel Meat Reefers by STEVE HILE -...

Features: A Hundred Years on the Route 66 Railway by ELROND LAWRENCE— The “Mother Road” celebrates a century, intertwined with the former Santa Fe rails that follow it to the Pacific. The Weston...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Recycled F-units   Santa Fe’s CF7 from Rapido Trains Big Hopper for...

Features: Steamtown RAILFEST 2026 staff Final Days of Alcos on the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville by Andrew Grahl Railroad Museum of New England Celebrates 30 Years  by Dan Gallo Jr. Steam Returns...

In The Current Issue

Features: Two Days on the CP Boundary Sub by SCOTT CALVERT - Modeling a scenic British Columbia mountain crossing on Canadian Pacific.Upgrading the Walthers Coal Trestle by SCOTT MEYER - Coal...

Features: A Trolley Runs at Williams Grove by Bill Monaghan America 250 Locomotive Celebration at Spencer by Kevin EuDaly My Favorite Spot: Metro-North’s Upper Harlem Division by Chris...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  A Contemporary Rebuilt Geep   GP20C-ECO from Prairie Shadows Model...

Features: Western New York & Pennsylvania Alco Farewell  by DAVID BAER— After 25 years of four and six-axle Alco power, WNYP’s colorful Century fleet is giving way to secondhand EMDs. Livonia, Avon...

Special Feature A Tale of Two Photographers One layout—two photographers and approaches. — by Marc LaChey, MMR  Features Shingles  Making Realistic Wood Shingles with Texture — by Bob Staat Sheep...

Features: SPECIAL: Big Boy Visits Steamtown by JOHN HANKEY— Hosting the world’s largest operating steam locomotive at Steamtown required a monumental effort in planning and logistics.  MBTA Blue...

Features: A Bicentennial for the Semiquincentennial:The Milwaukee Road 156 Returns • photos by Shane T. Mason and Larry Smoak Rock Island U33Bs • by Diesel Era Staff Departments: Rail News

Features Toto Travels Northeast  • by Carl Graves — I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore Short Lines of Oregon and Washington • by Jeffrey G. Plant and Jeremy F. Plant — Last Vestiges of the...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews 1960s Super Tankers   NACC 20,500- and 30,000-gallon tank cars from...

Features: Recreating Guildwood Station by JASON SHRON - Recreating a Toronto suburban station in HO scale, one memory and detail at a time. Realistic Scrap Metal Loads by KEITH M. KOHLMANN - Using...

Features: CSX America 250 Train by Alex Mayes EMD’s Model 40 Diesel by Olev Taremae BIG BOY – Take 2: UP 4014 Heads West staff report NJ Transit FIFA World Cup Trains by Andrew Grahl

Features: Journal Spotlight —   •  Amtrak’s Long-Distance equipment procurement process begins Canyon Spirit Arrives in StyleRocky Mountaineer rebrands and expands in Colorado and Utah. — by...

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

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...