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On Trains.com

Hobby milestones: The creation of N scale

Model Railroader

News & Reviews

Model Train Stuff ends operations

ACI scan app now available

In Memoriam

Atlas acquires Custom Signals

Rapido HO scale Canadian Pacific D10 4-6-0

Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500

Why are there no kits for a glass plant?

Railway Post Office

How to scratchbuild spruce trees

MODEL RAILROADER HALL OF FAME NOMINEES • These three brought operations, track planning, and promotion to our hobby

Diesel locomotives by generation • A look at first-through fourth-generation engines

Common locomotives by generation

Small scale in Big Sky Country • The Great Northern Kalispell Division encompasses vast vistas of Montana in N scale

A quarter-century of Spookshow.net • The N scale locomotive resource celebrates its 25th anniversary

The Norfolk & Western in Appalachia • The 36 x 36-foot N scale Pocahontas Division is set in southern West Virginia

Mountain washes

Convincing conveyors

Scenery and details for FREEMONT • Part 4: We finish off our project layout with dirt, grass, an abandoned track, trees, and more

Get the Spud to Idaho!

Trackside Photos

By the Yard

Coming Up

Overcoming inertia