Books

Features Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri • by Carl Graves — Railfan Memories, Mostly Good, Part One, 1971-1990. No-Drone Zone • Elevated Photography the Old Fashioned Way. Small But Mighty • by Mike...

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...

Features: Journal Spotlight  — • Amtrak’s winter nightmare • Amtrak On-Time Performance FY2024 • In Canada, VIA-HFR becomes ALTO • Rocky Mountaineer rebrands as “Canyon Spirit” in U.S...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  A Face Only A Modeler Could Love from Bachmann Trains   New Power for Virginian &...

  Special Feature My On30 Mineral & Southfork Railway  • by Richard Rand — A Look Up Waite River Gorge. Features Kit Bashing A 1:20.3 Scale D&RGW C-19 Into C-18 #315  • by...

Features: Milwaukee Road North Montana Line • by Dan Lewis, MMR — Follow Extra 626 West on this beautiful N scale model railroad built for operations. Milwaukee Road Green Bay Depot • by Patrick...

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...

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: Journal Spotlight  —  • Amtrak Ridership Reaches New High • Amtrak Inspector General Raises Equipment Concerns • VIA Moves Forward on New Long-Distance Equipment • Introducing...

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...

Bob Schmidt & Michael Caramanna From the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California in the West to the Gulf of Mexico in the East, and from the U.S. Border in the North to the Yucatan Peninsula in the South, this new title features the passenger services of...

Jeremy F. Plant & Brian D. Plant Explore the changes over time that affected Guilford and its successor, Pan Am, from motive power and operations to the variations in name and ownership. Coverage in this volume is roughly divided between operations...

Flock’s excellent camera skills captured Southwestern PA’s class 1s, short lines, industrials, and trolley lines. Coverage wasn’t limited to trains and motive power – it also includes equipment and structures, as well as...