November 2025
The November 2025 issue of Model Railroader
Featured
In this Issue
President Gordy Robinson shares how he started with the NMRA, and where he hopes to take it
A longtime friend commissioned the Nickel Plate Road depot in Veedersburg, Ind.
Follow along as No. 45 works between division points
Skyscrapers and mountains coexist on this layout
How to use older materials in today’s modeling
Also in this issue:
ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website
FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
Anniversaries and milestones
NEWS AND REVIEWS, pg. 10
Hobby industry news
ASK MR, pg. 18
Milwaukee, Racine & Troy western terminus
STEP BY STEP, pg. 24
Swinging into autumn with handbuilt oak trees
ON OPERATION, pg. 60
Out in the country
TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 62
Sneak preview of Great Model Railroads 2026!
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON pg. 73
TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
Forty years of Trains of Thought