Books

A prolific military modeler and historian, Sheperd Paine shares his tips and techniques for building detailed military models and dioramas in this special guide. You'll also find a variety of projects from top armor modelers — all influenced by...

Tourist Trains Guidebook, 9th Edition shows you over 500 popular train rides, museums, special event trains and railroad vacation destinations in the U.S. and Canada. Thoroughly updated, more than 200 popular sites are presented in in-depth...

Add an astounding level of detail to your dioramas by incorporating figures, vehicles, and scenery in varying scales. This how-to style book from master modeler Enrique Carrasco guides readers through the depth-of-scale technique that's unique to the...

Multideck Design for Model Railroads features all-new content covering the many methods for designing and building a multideck layout along with all the tried-and-true tips Tony Koester has gathered along the way. This go-to book includes many...

The Model Railroader’s Guide to Bridges & Trestles is your one-stop source for information on real bridges. This book will guide you through the history of the various bridge types from the first days of railroading...

Milk was once an important commodity for the railroads. Before refrigeration became mainstream, high-speed delivery was critical. Trains carried butter, milk and cheese from small town collecting stations and creameries to the production creameries in...

Regional Rail LLC has operated 16 different rail lines mostly in PA but also in NY and DE primarily under the East Penn Railroad banner. These include the Octoraro, Lancaster & Northern, and Middletown & New Jersey. Expert photography documents...

As the production and consumption of commodities like grain, coal, lumber, coil steel, cement, and more have evolved over the years, so have the railroad cars that haul them. Commodities by Freight Car shows you which cars carried which cargoes in the...

Features WISCONSIN – The Clock was Ticking! • by David Baer — Curtain Call for the GB&W and FRVR. A Day Trip to Pittsburgh • by Gale E. Treiber — 1958 RR Beaver Falls to Pittsburgh Commuter...

Features: Journal Spotlight: Next Stop, Grand Central Madison • Alstom's Hydrogen Fuel Cell TrainSPECIAL: New Haven Railroad, Then and NowMy New Haven Over the Years • by Kevin McKinneyThe Month the New Haven Railroad...

  Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Atlas Master U28C and U28CG Atlas Master U33B ScaleTrains ES44 Walthers Mainline SD70ACe Rapido...

Special Feature Colorado Pacific • by Jerry Hoverson, MMR — A Narrow Gauge Branch Line Owned By The Rocky Mountain Central. Features An HO Scale Abandoned Mining Town • by Jim Gray — Worn Out And Derelict. Swandale Planing...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Rapido Trains PA/PB Diesels PIKO America Whitcomb 65-ton Diesel Spring Mills Depot DODX Transport Car Spring Creek Model...

Features: Journal spotlight • Amtrak announces Airo • Siemens trains for Ontario Northland • Canada’s High-Frequency Rail: Boon or boondoggle? • Amtrak service failures increase in 2022 Back on...

Features: Amtrak “Day One” E-Unit in HO From Rapido Trains • by Tony Cook A Gaggle of Geese: Santa Fe’s Blue Goose in HO • by Tony Cook Bachmann’s Plasticville, U.S.A. Turns 75 • by...

Special Feature A Pair Of HO Scale Iron Ore Steam Shovels • by Jerry Lauchle, MMR — An Industrial Model. Features The Redgate Mill • by William Longley-Cook — On30 In The Garden. Locomotives Of The...

  Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Division Point Coal Turbine Broadway Limited Centipede Broadway Limited Big Boy 4-8-8-4 Atlas...

  Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews Broadway Limited Blue Goose 4-6-4 Tangent Scale Models Wide-Vision Caboose Atlas Master C-424 ...

Robert J. Yanosey Volume 1 shows the many billboards, underpasses, signals, yard and ROW, and many other types of signs from many different railroads over the years. Over 500 full color images from the 1940s - present!

Stephen M. Timko A new series with a focus on particular models! Just Geeps In Color Volume 1 illustrates over 300 of the popular GP7 model, including the GP7B and subsequent rebuilds to model GP8s. The book covers the American-built units, GP7s built in...