Model Railroader

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Rapido Trains N scale Turboliner review

Jack Routledge’s HO scale Alberta Pacific Ry.

Building the stuff of fantasies

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News & Reviews

Conowingo Models acquires Sugar Pine Models

Club offerings

ScaleTrains HO scale EMD GP30

Atlas N scale EMD GP40-2

Bachmann HO Siemens Venture coach

PIKO SmartControl wlan DCC system

Which trains worked the Beer Line?

How to detail and paint a semi-trailer

Build a working ROTARY ORDER BOARD • A servo motor and controller bring this depot detail to life

Steaming through the Badger State • The HO Winnebago Rapids & Northern serves rural Wisconsin’s farming community

Bring a Turbo liner to life • Weathering and adding passengers to Rapido’s trainset

Climbing over Tehachapi • The La Mesa Model Railroad Club has been re-creating the trip over the famed Tehachapi Loop for decades

Scratchbuild a HAY WAGON • Stripwood, wire, and salvaged wheels make a simple, rustic vehicle

SHARING THE MAGIC of Scale Model Railroading • Come along on a tour of the NMRA’s exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum

Port Royal, Pa., PRR station in the 1950s

MODEL RAILROADER HALL OF FAME NOMINEES • Three prolific, influential modelers make up September’s candidates

BUILD YOUR MODELING SKILLS!

Floating Big Muddy

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