Books and Magazines

For All Skill Levels. Atlas' electrical wiring system is made easy through step-by-step instructions on how to install and use our quality components on any layout. Includes over 100 diagrams complemented by a complete glossary.

Still A Work In Progressby John Magine The Baltimore & Ohio SoutheasternPart 2by Thom Placier, Photos by Lance Adkins In Pursuit of WOWThe ins and outs of using 3D printed structures on our layouts & dioramasby Dennis Machlica Extra Extra! Read...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Heavyweight Haulers from Rapido Trains  Featherweight Freight Mover from Athearn...

Features: Florida’s First Coast Railroad • by Kinzer Hurt — Modern short line railroading set along Florida’s northern coast in HO scale. Penn Central 60’ Boxcars Part 2: Class X62B • by...

Special Feature John Kalin’s Sn3 Rio Grande Southern  • by Peter B. Smith, MMR  — 45th National Narrow Gauge Convention Features From Standard To Narrow Gauge  • by Steve Bradley —...

SHOW-ME KATY IS BACK IN PRINT AND NOW AVAILABLE! Our expanded edition of Show-Me Katy is now available for purchase! Books will ship to customers starting the week of June 25th, 2025.  Our first edition sold quickly, so be sure to place...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more N-Scale Reviews   A Fleet-Footed Yellow Fellow   from Kato  Action Red Charity Spokesman   from...

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE Review: Rokuhan Z-Scale USRA 0-6-0by Thom Knapp Review: Jokari PWS Plus 001 Wire Stripperby Thom Knapp A City Above the Freigh-Tby David Gentry The Short & Nn3arrowBuilding the DSP&P #191by Preston Sands Extra Extra!...

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE Extra Extra! Read All About It!Build Your Own Layout, Along With Me!by Dennis Murphy Planning & Constructing SceneryOn my Denver South Park & Pacific RailroadPart 2by Preston Sands The Badger Midwestern RailroadArticle by...

Features: Chehalis Western GP38-2s: 817, 818, 819, and 810 • by Diesel Era Staff with images from Blair Koositra and Paul Wester Canadian National SD60s: 5400–5489 • by Tony Cook, Randy Keller, and Jack Roster with...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Plow from Bowser  Do You Dream in Color? Santa Fe Three Ways from...

Features: New Baltimore & Fair Haven • by GREGORY RICH, MMR — We visit a beautiful freelanced HO scale layout set in the late 1920s. Gunderson SP&S 50’ Boxcars  • 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: 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: 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...

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...

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,...