Meet the Modeler: Paul Dolkos

Paul Dolkos with his layout

What was your first train set (or locomotive)? Before the age of 10, I received a basic Lionel set along with a couple of turnouts for Christmas. I liked it, except for that middle electrical pickup rail on the track sections. I lived with that until I discovered you could have a two-rail railroad. Later […]

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Union Pacific N Scale and HO Scale inspiration gallery

Yellow Union Pacific locomotives lead an intermodal train over a double-track bridge.

Union Pacific N Scale and HO Scale inspiration gallery Union Pacific N Scale and HO Scale layouts offer model railroaders the option to create wide-open plains, vast rail yards, and craggy mountain canyons. Sometimes, these features appear on the same layouts.   This photo gallery blends top images from Daryl Kruse‘s N Scale Geneva (Illinois) […]

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