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From 1974’s TurboTrain to today’s Acelas, it has been an eventful 50 years at Old Saybrook, Conn.
Six hundred miles aboard VIA Rail Canada’s last Budd Cars
Providing expert modeling content you can trust for over 85 years.
3-D printing turned this HO scale building from dream to reality
This 27 x 48-foot layout features freight and commuter operations
Ideas for scratchbuilding this BNSF Ry. structure in HO scale
Your most trusted resource for toy train collecting and operating.
Create an abandoned track with light, smoke, and sound
A 9 x 20-foot track plan with a water feature, bridges, and plenty of accessories
Paint samples and engineering mock-ups galore
Celebrating the "golden years of railroading."
Late in the passenger-train era, a young West Virginian finds fascinating variety on several Western railroads
This City of New Orleans adventure was part of a one-day Midwest circle trip that included the Wabash Cannon Ball and Pennsy’s South Wind
A U.S.-Canada circle trip was a deep dive into railroading, 1977 style
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