The CNJ – Susquehanna Division HO layout is intended to represent the real Central Railroad of New Jersey’s operation in the Lehigh Valley as it would have appeared in 1947. At the time, the CNJ served two major functions – in the east, it was a commuter railroad serving the New Jersey hinterland of New […]
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Jim Maurer’s Nedro Valley Central RR Westbound
Jim Maurer’s HO scale Nedro Valley Central RR features two levels with a helix and uses Digitrax DCC. The trolley line representing the PTC, Red Arrow and Lehigh Valley. Scenery is about 70% complete. There are usually eight crew members on an Ops night. […]
Glyn Thomas’ Westbound CNJ Susquehanna Division
The CNJ – Susquehanna Division HO layout is intended to represent the real Central Railroad of New Jersey’s operation in the Lehigh Valley as it would have appeared in 1947. At the time, the CNJ served two major functions – in the east, it was a commuter railroad serving the New Jersey hinterland of New […]
Jim Maurer’s Nedro Valley Central RR Westbound
Jim Maurer’s HO scale Nedro Valley Central RR features two levels with a helix and uses Digitrax DCC. The trolley line representing the PTC, Red Arrow and Lehigh Valley. Scenery is about 70% complete. There are usually eight crew members on an Ops night. […]
Carbon Model Railroad Society Lehigh Valley Mainline
This HO scale model railroad measures 20 x 45 feet and was recently converted to NCE DCC. […]
N scale Wet Mountain RR
The great thing about N scale is you can do so much in a small space — in this case, 2 x 4 feet. It’s a layout that got me back into the hobby some years ago. Although I now have a much larger layout, this is still physically attached to it. I purchased the […]
Train 98: The Coast Daylight
The off-peak fourteen-coach eastbound Coast Daylight storms through Guadalupe, Calif., in September 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
How a Big Boy works
Where does the fire burn? Where does the water boil? Where does it travel? What are all those pipes about? Our simplified drawing of how a Big Boy works shows how this king of the rails made and used steam to pull long freight trains up to 70 mph in Wyoming and Utah from 1941 […]
Carbon Model Railroad Society Lehigh Valley Mainline
This HO scale model railroad measures 20 x 45 feet and was recently converted to NCE DCC. […]
N scale Wet Mountain RR
The great thing about N scale is you can do so much in a small space — in this case, 2 x 4 feet. It’s a layout that got me back into the hobby some years ago. Although I now have a much larger layout, this is still physically attached to it. I purchased the […]
Train 98: The Coast Daylight
The off-peak fourteen-coach eastbound Coast Daylight storms through Guadalupe, Calif., in September 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Design a layout you’ll love in 6 easy steps
Some of the brightest minds in our hobby are gifted with the ability to put pencil to paper and whip up an original track plan. Even though I’ve designed a fair number of plans for Classic Toy Trains magazine, I can assure you that I’m certainly not a person with that kind of raw talent. […]