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Strip, paint, and decal a caboose

FOREST IN A FLASH • Create a forest canopy from fiber fill and foam

EXPANDING across New England • Marshall Sommer adds onto his HO scale Rhode Haven

Meet the MR&T STATE LINE layout • The Milwaukee, Racine & Troy is now available in N scale

WIRING QUICK START • A beginner’s guide to understanding the electrical basics

Model a propane delivery truck • 3-D printed parts make it possible to model this gas hauler in HO scale

Digitrax’s Quad Switch Stationary Decoder

ScaleTrains.com N scale GE Dash 9-40C

Atlas HO scale ACF 5250 covered hopper

Atlas O 40-foot high-cube refrigerated intermodal shipping container

Rapido HO scale New Look bus

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BUILD YOUR MODELING SKILLS!

Trackside Photos

By the Yard®

Resurrecting the Gorre & Daphetid