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Athearn HO scale GE AC4400CW
PIKO America HO Krauss-Maffei ML-4000
Aurora Miniatures HO scale gondola
Diversifying a freight fleet
Make a timetable for your model railroad
Animating a steel water tower
Digging into the Big Apple • Adding subway operations to an HO scale layout
5 ways to clean track • From off-the-shelf to homemade solutions, how to keep your rails in tip-top shape
Bridge to the Pacific Northwest • The HO scale Canada, Spokane & Pacific joins Burlington Northern and Canadian Pacific in 1981
Dispatching with a CTC machine
TURNING ENGINES on a stub-end staging yard • A flip-up turntable sector plate makes a finicky task easier
CALIFORNIA logging lines in JAPAN • This 20 x 23-foot HO scale layout features standard and narrow gauge operations
Scratchbuilding demystified • How to construct a modular yard office
Compact turnout control panels • Push buttons and light-emitting diodes take the guesswork out of routing trains
MODEL RAILROADER HALL OF FAME NOMINEES • Manufacturers’ innovations shaped what the hobby would become
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Trackside Photos
By the YardⓇ
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