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Model Railroader

News & Products

New N scale covered hopper from Atlas

Rapido to release Union Pacific boxcar in HO

HO scale locomotives

Popp, Grivno celebrate 20 years with MR

N scale

News & Products

HO scale freight cars

HO scale passenger equipment

N scale locomotives

N scale freight cars

News & Products

N scale details and accessories

Z scale locomotives

Club offerings

Electronics/controls

Diesels dead in tow

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Detailing a station scene

Modeling modern CLEARANCE MARKERS • Prototype practices solve a common model railroad issue

Revisiting SOUTH STRONG • Build a model inspired by a photograph

Montreal to Toronto… via the VIA • Jason Shron likes Canadian railroading so much he founded a model company to make trains for him

The Rio Grande expands • A fictional national wartime merger allows for a varied roster

Wire and tools

ScaleTrains.com HO scale EMD SDL39

Atlas N 64-foot TrinityRail TrinCool refrigerated boxcar

Rapido HO scale F30 flatcars

A blooper, High Ball, and Porky Pig

Trackside Photos

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Tracks in the street