HO scale New Woodstock

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Name: New Woodstock Layout owner: Phil Lord Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 8 x 14 feet Prototype: Lehigh Valley RR Locale: Madison County, N.Y. Era: 1945 Style: shelf Mainline run: 40 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: flat Benchwork: open grid Height: 481⁄2″ Roadbed: none Track: Atlas code 100 Scenery: extruded-foam insulation […]

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Oil train on the Erie

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A dramatic nighttime photo shows an oil train on the Erie Railroad during World War II, when German submarines menaced coastal shipping, forcing petroleum from the Gulf Coast onto the rails. Erie photo […]

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John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid Online Extras

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The Port yard had its own control panel and box for car cards and waybills. Click on the links to get the online extras. John Allen’s HO scale Gorre & Daphetid remains one of the hobby’s most influential model railroads. Check out this collection of online extras about this model railroading pioneer and his layout. […]

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Cab ride on the Livingston Model Railroad Club layout

Cab view of locomotive on layout

Take a cab ride on the Livingston Model Railroad club layout, located in the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, Mont. The layout is generic with the exception of the town of Gardiner, Mont., which the train enters around 11:30. The Northern Pacific ran a train from Livingston, Mont., to Gardiner, Mont., until around 1955 […]

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Cab ride on the Livingston Model Railroad Club layout

Cab view of locomotive on layout

Take a cab ride on the Livingston Model Railroad club layout, located in the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, Mont. The layout is generic with the exception of the town of Gardiner, Mont., which the train enters around 11:30. The Northern Pacific ran a train from Livingston, Mont., to Gardiner, Mont., until around 1955 […]

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HO scale Arcadia & Betsey River Ry.

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Name: Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. Layout owner: Harley “Skip” Luyk Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 28 feet Prototype: freelanced logging line Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: 1910 to 1957 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 74 feet (main), 87 feet (branch line) Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: mix of […]

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Galloping Goose on the RGS

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Rio Grande Southern Motor No. 4 — one of seven “Galloping Goose” cars the 172-mile narrow-gauge road fashioned from automobiles and light trucks in the 1930s — is northbound beside Trout Lake between Lizard Head Pass and Ophir, Colo. Otto Perry photo […]

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HO scale St. George

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Name: St. George Layout owner: John Ottman Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 16 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Louisville & Nashville, Norfolk & Western, Southern Ry., Wheeling & Lake Erie Locale: Appalachian Mountains Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: walk-in Mainline run: 70 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: […]

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