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• News & Products

New HO covered hopper from Walthers

New Milwaukee, Racine & Troy HO scale kits

In Memoriam • Charles Vlk, 1945-2023

Spotting features of EMD vs. GE diesels

Quick and easy crossovers

Seeing the forest for the trees • Fill a forest quickly and easily with tall scratchbuilt trees

Installing an ACTIVE GRADE CROSSING • Create a scene with lights, action, and sound

A JIGSAW PUZZLE SHORT LINE • Pieced together from the profitable bits of CSX castoffs, the Florida Northern is an intriguing subject for a modern N scale track plan

Escape from Jones Island • The most recent addition to Model Railroader’s HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy has a prominent position

Upgrade a ready-to-run flatcar • New details, weathering, and a load enhance this HO scale car

SMAIL, the DCC-controlled Tortoise

Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD GP7

Broadway Limited Imports N scale RSD15

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale 10-1-2 Pullman sleeper

WalthersMainline HO scale ACF 40-foot modernized boxcar

Milwaukee, Racine & Troy HO scale three-bay covered hopper

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• Trackside Photos

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