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Fine tuning rolling stock for better operation

Detail, paint, and weather an S SCALE DIESEL • How to modify an American Models Baldwin switcher to more closely match a Baltimore & Ohio prototype

THE EVOLUTION OF THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN NEW HOLLAND DIVISION • Collaborations and friendship helped build the railroad

EAST TROY INDUSTRIAL PARK EASY PAPER BACKDROPS • Part 5: Combining printed commercial products with a painted hardboard sky for our project railroad

WELCOME TO EAGLE RIVER • This 4 x 18-foot HO scale layout depicts the northern Wisconsin community in 1910

SCRATCHBUILDING IN THE DIGITAL AGE • A look at computer aided modeling

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