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...

Special Feature Building My HO Scale L&S Salvage Diorama • by Sam Swanson — First Place Dioramas, 2024 Narrow Gauge Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Features Five Decades • by Kevin...

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: Union Pacific SD60s: First Order 6000–6059 • by Diesel Era staff Santa Fe SuperFleet Returns • photos by Ryan Drake Departments: Rail News Books

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...

Special Feature My Colorado & Western Railway—A Transition from HOn3 to On3 • by Jim Trowbridge — Part 1: History and Concept. Features Apache Powder Company #3 • by Donald Rose — A 1:20.3...

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  Early 1960s Cotton Belt from ScaleTrains Big Boxcars from Tangent Scale Models Three Types of...

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...

Special Feature Radio Control For HOn30—A Simple Approach • by Keith Pashina — Adventures in Locomotive Control. Features The Railroad Equipment of theYellow Aster Gold Mine • by Dan Quine —...