Books

Model Railroader's Guide to Designing Yards -- Softcover

Olev Taremae The Delaware Lackawanna Railroad's Alco power has ruled Northeast Pennsylvania for over 30 years. Using the best work from 13 photographers, this book chronicles the variety of Alco power powering trains since the Delaware-Lackawanna became...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly The conclusion to the three-part series! Featuring refrigerator cars, stock and tank cars and early piggyback equipment. Plus, express, milk, pickle cars, and more! 128 Pages, All Color

Kurt Reisweber Offers a grand scenic tour of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway across Virginia as it existed as a part of the Chessie System in the 1970s-‘80s. Many out-of-the-way locations in the Old Dominion are featured. Virginia’s C&O presence is covered...

Special Feature My HOn3 Chama Yard And Layout • by Chriss Stavroplos — A Successful Journey. Features Quincy Mining Company—Russell Snowplow • by Chuck Pomazal — Survivor.  The Devil Is...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Journey Through Time with SD40-2s from ScaleTrains Bay Window Beatuy Rock Island caboose from Tangent...

Features: Soo Line in Southern Indiana • by JOHN EMLEY — Rural scenery dominates this HO scale Soo Line secondary set in mid-1990s Indiana. Freight Car Upgrade with Photo-Etched Detail Parts • by STEVE...

Features: Journal Spotlight  CPKC’s “Final Spike Tour” Anthony Haswell, a Remembrance New Life for Detroit’s Michigan Central Station  The on-again, off-again Adirondack at 50 Celebrating Issue...

  Features: Switching Under Florida Palms • by Lance Mindheim — Modeling Miami's Modern East Rail District served by CSX in HO scale. Bethlehem Steel 52'6" Gondolas • by James Kinkaid — A common class of gondola for Baltimore & Ohio,...

  Features Navy Years of Dick Adams • by Olev Taremae — 1960s Photography by a Famed Diesel Historian. A Southwest Odyssey Part III  • by Dave Ori — Follow those Chromes! 1151: My Favorite Locomotive • by Todd...

  Features: Rio Grande SD50s • by Tony Cook and Randy Keller  EMD SW1001, Part 3: CSX and Cuyahoga Valley • by Diesel Era Staff Departments: Rail News Letters Books

  Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more N-Scale Reviews  Pink Ladies — Faded Southern Pacific AC4400CWs from ScaleTrains Angus Van Returns — from Rapido...

Just Geeps in Color Volume 2: GP9, GP18, GP20 & GP28 from Morning Sun Books explores the 1954-release of model GP9, a wildly popular copy of the design, of which over 4,200 units were produced at LaGrange, IL, and London, ON, prior to the last GP9...

Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 5: Modern Four-Axle Road PowerStephen M. Timko Concludes coverage of the company’s diesel motive power fleet. Featuring modern four-axle road power, RDCs, Yard Booster Units and other motive power including...

Trackside in the Lehigh River Valley 1963-1976 with Bob Wilt There's more to the Lehigh River Valley than Asa Packer's railroad, the LVRR. One could see the LVRR competitors on the opposite bank of the river as well as the Reading Company's, all...

Erie Lackawanna Equipment: A Sampling of Freight, Passenger, & Non-Revenue Rolling Stock Used on the EL (Softcover) Robert Yanosey The 1960 marriage of the Erie and Lackawanna lasted only 16 years, yet the EL won an immense following. Their rolling...

Features: Fort Dodge Duet • by DAN MUNSON — Two railroads serving an urban switching district from opposite sides of the street on 38 this HO scale Chicago Great Western layout set in Iowa. Milwaukee Road Sturtevant...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Bites of Fantasy — Sharknose from Broadway Limited Imports New ART — Refrigerator Car from Lionel...

Level 2-Intermediate. Includes layouts HO-13 through HO-23. Contains 11 challenging layouts designed for unique spaces. Includes fool-proof tips, shortcuts and guidelines to create unusual layouts for limited space. Plans can be built with Atlas Code 83...

Make your model stand out from the rest with this technique-driven book written by Lance Mindheim! In 112 pages, Mindheim dives into the details of how to create realistic structures. Begin using dozens of tips and techniques on cutting, gluing,...