Books and Magazines

Features: Soo Line’s GP38-2 Fleet: Part One • by Martin Young EMD’s SW1001, Part 7: Reading • by Diesel Era Staff Departments: Rail News Books

Features: Metro-North Conductor Paul Morgan Retires by David Silver B&O RR Museum Unveils American Freedom Train Locomotive by Alex Mayes Jersey Arrows In Twilight by John Olejnik Central New England Farewell Run by Andrew...

Features: New England Style: South River & Millville by BOB VAN GELDER - This tribute to New England railroading is a showcase for detailed HO structures. Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Coil Flatcar by JAMES...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews A Rare Big Mac   from Athearn Trains Elevated Effort   from Lionel HO Classic Rock ...

Features: Yakima Valley Trolley Finale?by DAVID HONAN— Washington state’s iconic preserved interurban line faces an uncertain future in the wake of Yakima’s city budget crisis. BNSF Along the Clark Fork Riverby KEN EDMIER— It...

Features Dave Augsburger — Snowbird • by Olev Taremae — Classic Maine Central Winter Action Deep in the Deep South 1977 • by Jeffrey G. Plant and Jeremy F. Plant — Vintage Southern Short Lines...

Features: Journal Spotlight —   • Despite challenges, Amtrak FY2025 ridership increases• AmeriStarRail makes news with proposals• Mexican passenger project begins near U.S. border VIA to Hudson BayTaking the train to a...

Review: Mudd Creek Models“Barrel and Staves” Kit –Something Entirely Newby Dennis Murphy You’re In The Army NowPart 2by Roy Cutler The Sutter Creek DivisionPhase One Iron Mountain, Part 2by Ward Thorne Extra Extra! Read All...

Features: Shocks Mills Bridge – Then and Now — by Thom Horvath Wreck of The Broker Commemoration — by Jeff Kovacs Wheeling & Lake Erie 250th Tribute — by Patrick Considine Buffalo...

Special Feature The 2-foot Gauge Railroads At Searles LakePart 1: The Railroads — by Dan Quine  Features Bridging The Las Animas River On My HOn3 Rio Grande Southern LayoutOpen At The 46th National Narrow Gauge...

Features: Rio Grande Gunnison Divisionby DOUG GEIGER, MMR - A detailed HO layout that combines standard and narrow gauge operations. All-Purpose P-S 89’ Flatcarby JAMES KINKAID - This fleet of utility flatcars was built by...

Features: Lake States Rememberedby ANDREW S. NELSON— For a brief moment in 1987, Soo Line turned back the clock on its original main lines with classic EMD power. Still Linking North and Southby ADAM HORGAN— The former Richmond,...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews A Dash 2 in Blue   from Athearn  Acela II Arrives in HO   from Bachmann...

" Features: NJ Transit’s Meet Our Rail Fleet • by Carl G. Perelman Diamonds on the Hudson • by Ken Karlewicz  Point-No-Point Bridge Replacement Project Completed • by Michael Froio BNSF...

"Features: Welcome to Marias Passby JUSTIN FRANZ - This main line through northwest Montana is a showcase for modern railroading. BNSF on Marias Pass in HOby CAMERON NEALY - Modern main line action in HO scale along Montana’s Glacier National...

"Features: Transitions on the AnnieJIM ROWLAND— Changing times in Michigan as Watco acquires Great Lakes Central and reunites it with the former Ann Arbor Railroad. Kicking Horse Plow ExtraGARRY AND ROZ MILLER— A chance encounter with a plow...

"Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Diamonds Aren’t Forever   from Broadway Limited Imports Mystery of the PCA Reporting Marks ...

This is the third in a series of high-quality hardcover B&O books covering the 1960s into the 1980s. The spectacular photography that has been carefully selected for this book shows much more than just the trains. Get a good look at towers (inside...

There was a time, particularly during the 1970s, when virtually every railroad enthusiast was, in some manner, a Southern Railway fan. The cause for such notoriety was the Southern's long-running steam excursions, a program that began in 1966 and was...

Rio Grande — Heart of the Rockies looks at the dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. In Volume I of this series, one of the watershed events for the young D&RG was the conversion of...