Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Oil-burning Union Pacific Challenger no. 3977 pulls a special through the Rocky Mountains on Paul Brennecke’s N scale Grand Line model train layout. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download […]
BM Bicentennial unit 200, a GP 38, heads out of Middlesex to pick up two Revere Sugar Cane Hoppers on Steve Tello’s NH division layout. […]
A Union Pacific mixed freight train travels from Lakeside to Klamath Falls at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR Layout owner: Bob Wundrock Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 24 feet with a 2 x 9-foot interchange yard Prototype: Soo Line Locale: northwestern Wisconsin Era: 1950 to 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum […]
Click on the image to download a PDF of the track plan. Name: Chama Yard Layout owner: Kim Nipkow Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, 30″ gauge) Size: 1m x 10.5m (40″ x 34′-5″) Prototype: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR Locale: Chama, N.M. Era: present day Style: modular Mainline run: no main line Minimum radius: 55mm (21.6″) Minimum […]
Follow along with author Mike Lafond as he builds a steel-frame snow plow in the Fall and Winter 2019 issues. Download a full-size version of his CAD drawings here. Please note: Check your printer settings before printing. Uncheck the “scale to fit” box. You may need to tile these pieces into two pages. See gray […]
Mike Lafond Figure 1 Mike Lafond Photo 1 Printed templates glued on the aluminum. I left the templates stuck on the alumimum until I had drilled out all the holes. I “cheated” here and used a bandsaw to cut these pieces from the main sheet. The two upper pieces are the outer bolster parts, cut […]
Mike Lafond In the Summer 2019 and Fall 2019 issues, follow along as author Mike Lafond build a metal-frame snow plow. Download this companion piece to turn your own wheelsets. […]
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Garden Railways highlights five garden hand tools and one DIY project in this snapshot video. See more in the Fall 2019 issue of Garden Railways magazine. […]
There were many exciting new model railroading products featured at the 2019 National Train Show in Salt Lake City. Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno and Senior Editor Dana Kawala share some of the highlights of this year’s show! […]
