Books

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 —...

SHOW-ME KATY IS BACK IN PRINT AND NOW AVAILABLE! Our expanded edition of Show-Me Katy is now available for purchase! Books will ship to customers starting the week of June 25th, 2025.  Our first edition sold quickly, so be sure to place...

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...

Features: Chesapeake & Ohio James River and Alleghany Subdivisions • by Alan Bell — Follow along on a typical day on Mike Burgett’s HO model railroad built for operations. Penn Central 60’ Boxcars Part 1:...

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 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...