Books and Magazines

Features: Where the Buffalo Roamed: Union Railroad’s 600-series Rebuilds • by Gordon Lloyd, Jr., with roster by Randy Keller, and photos from the Lloyd Transportation Library and Paul Wester collection North Western...

Special Feature My Sn3 Denver & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge 3rd Division Marshall Pass And Sargent — by Art Lorenz Features ELLA, A Large Scale 0-4-2 From A 2-4-2 And A Boxcar An Exercise In Compromise — by Greg Wright,...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more O-Scale Review  Red-Nosed Passenger Puller from Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO-Scale Reviews A New Draper...

Features: Return to the C&O Ryder Gap Sub • by JOE GREEN - A deep dive into the plausible backstory of a proto-freelanced HO scale model railroad. Northern Pacific Depot at Auburn, Wash. • by PATRICK LAWSON -...

Features: Journal Spotlight  — • Chicago Union Station turns 100 • Mexico continues rail passenger development • Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Corridor NextGen Acela: Full Speed Ahead  • by Kevin J...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Big Business from Broadway Limited Imports  Way Cool Way Car from Tangent Scale Models  Each...

Great tool!With Atlas Track Planning Templates, beginners can visualize the size and shape of their layout before they begin building; advanced modelers can determine whether or not a complex layout design will fit together the way they planned. The...

The new book includes blueprints for 10 basic HO True-Track layouts that allow for future expansion, a comprehensive list of all Atlas track needed for each layout, tips that will eliminate mistakes and frustration, instructions for creating a realistic...

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 —...

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...

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...