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Note: This article originally appeared in the June 2013 Model Railroader. Mike updated his plan and wrote a followup story in the July 2018 issue. Ever since receiving my first Hornby train set as a child in 1954, my modeling interests were focused on the railways of my home country, Great Britain. About 10 years […]
Doug Tagsold’s 1:72 Colorado & Southern Clear Creek District is featured in Model Railroad Planning 2018. As an online bonus check out this article from Great Model Railroads 2007 about his previous On3 Silverton Branch layout. DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE […]
Frank Ellison believed that the purpose of a model layout was to reproduce the operations of real railroads. That way model railroads could entertain individual builders or provide enjoyment for groups of hobbyists taking various roles in a working railroad system. Frank Ellison’s Delta Lines 1944 series, “The Art of Model Railroading” […]
In this audio clip taken from a cassette recorded in 1971, John Allen discusses freight car operation on his famed Gorre & Daphetid RR. He refers to the cities of Port and Great Divide on his railroad, and makes reference to his regular operating crew. (Listen closely as he mentions an operator named Andy, who […]
The cover story for the September 2016 issue, Daryl Kruse’s N scale Union Pacific Geneva Sub was also featured in Model Railroad Planning 2013. Daryl Kruse’s N scale Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision is the cover story of the September 2016 issue of Model Railroader. […]
Brooks Stover has had many articles and photos published in Model Railroader magazine. In this easy-to-follow guide Brooks will give you some tips for taking better digital photos of model trains and layout scenes. Click on the link below to download the free model railroad digital photography guide. How to photograph a model train layout […]
Over the last year, model railroader Andrew Dodge has gotten a lot done on his O fine scale (Proto:48) Colorado Midland. Read this article from Model Railroad Planning 2013 to learn how Andrew designed this 28 x 28-foot model railroad set in 1897 in western Colorado. Planning the O scale Colorado Midland […]
In Model Railroad Planning 2015, Gary Hoover describes how he switched from modeling the Santa Fe in 1951 to modeling the Norfolk & Western in the mid-1950s. Gary’s fascination with the N&W goes back farther than that. In the May 1998 Model Railroader, Gary recreated several of O. Winston Link’s famous photos of the prototype […]
FULL SCREEN Follow along with the Model Railroader staff as they visit six model railroads, including Steve Otte’s HO scale Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern model railroad. FULL SCREEN Our group met at Maxim’s train depot restaurant in Oconomowoc, Wisc., for breakfast. The town’s name is pronounced Oh-con-o-mo-woc. The train depot is on the route of the […]
Bob Springs used Lance Mindheim article from Great Model Railroads 2008 to build his large scale Miami CSX layout. Read Lance’s article about his HO scale shelf layout by clicking here. […]
Read how Ray and Renee Grosser modeled their HO scale transition-era layout by clicking here. Since then, they’ve now changed their layout to O scale. […]
Read the original article about Model Railroader‘s HO scale club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy by clicking here. It was originally published in December 1989. […]
