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Twilight on the GULF & PACIFIC • John Acosta’s freelanced HO scale railroad is lighted for night operations
Guilford’s Bishop Street Branch • Part 3: Scenery base, trees, scrub and under brush, and an abandoned quarry
Want an adit? Add it! • You can incorporate a mine entrance scene even on finished scenery
Trinity’s popular 5,161 covered hopper • Drawings of a car that debuted in 1995
Build a VINTAGE STREETCAR DINER • A photo in an Indiana railroad history book led to this O scale display
Rural New England in a coffee table • An N scale layout that showcases what can be done in a small space
Powering turnout motors and frogs
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Working the Ford Drill
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