N Scale Magazine 2026-0708 - N Scale Magazine July / August 2026 -

In The Current Issue

by Thomas Knapp, MMR #101

The Short & Nn3arrow

Mark Fielder’s Gliesh Valley Railroad, Part 1 – AND – The Red Mountain Diorama, Revisited – by Preston Sands

by Ward Thorne

The Sutter Creek Division

Phase Two: Interstate 70 and Carbon Lake, Part 1

by Dennis Murphy

Quick Notes

Making Pipe Loads

by Dennis Murphy

Extra Extra! Read All About It!

Part 7: Ups and Downs Along The Way
(A little recap of our project)

by Dan Lewis

Building A Plausible Freight Car Fleet

Part 1

On the Cover

What makes for a plausible train in some particular era and in some particular area of the country? Here, a mixed train on Dan Lewis’ North Montana Line features three box cars. Their construction and color immediately suggests the 1950s, but why is this so? Dan Lewis’ article Building A Plausible Freight Car Fleet will offer some tips for plausibility, starting on page 12.