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The On30 Owl Cove Lumber Co. layout

By | July 10, 2024
A model railroad track plan for the Owl Cove Lumber Co layout

Facts and features Name: Owl Cove Lumber Co.Scale: On30 (1:48, 30″ narrow gauge)Size: 6 x 40 feetPrototype: freelancedLocale: Washington’s Northern CascadesEra: 1930sStyle: around-the-wallsMainline run: 26 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: No. 4Maximum grade: 6%Benchwork: L-girderHeight: 40″Roadbed: corkTrack: code 83 handlaid and flextrackScenery: hardshellBackdrop: hand-painted on wallsControl: NCE Digital Command Control Click the link to download a […]

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The HO scale Long Island Rail Road layout

By | July 10, 2024
A model railroad track plan for the Long Island Railroad layout

Facts and features   Name: Long Island Rail RoadScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 27′-7″ x 48′-9″ Prototype: Long Island Rail Road Locale: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and north shore of Long Island (to Greenlawn)Era: 1964 (diesel) or 1954 (steam)Mainline run: approximately 300 feet Minimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: No. 4 (yards), No. 6 (main and crossovers) Maximum grade: 3%Benchwork: […]

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Brian Sheron’s Long Island Rail Road

By | July 9, 2024
Title screen showing skyline, yard, and elevated line on an HO scale model railroad.

Brian Sheron’s Long Island Rail Road is a 27 x 48-foot HO scale model railroad that depicts Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the north shore of Long Island. He built the layout, featured in the August 2024 issue of Model Railroader, in three phases. Brian started work on the model railroad in 1988 with the Port […]

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Sam Foster’s Owl Cove Lumber Co. in O scale

By Lou Sassi | June 30, 2024

Enjoy a glimpse of 1930s-era logging operations on Sam Foster’s 6 x 40-foot On30 (1:48) scale model railroad. Tall timber and equally impressive railroad engineering abound on this freelanced, around-the-walls narrow gauge (30″) layout. You can read more about the layout in the August 2024 issue of Model Railroader magazine. […]

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New Train Show: The National Festival of Railway Modelling to fill a void

By | June 26, 2024
Crowds observing a model railroad layout during a big train show.

In early 2024, the United Kingdom’s Warley Model Railroad Club announced they were discontinuing the renowned Warley National Model Railway Exhibition. As the club pivots in a new direction, there’s another organization looking to fill the void left behind with the cancellation of the national event. The need for a national event On Feb. 16, […]

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Olli’s Railroad in large scale

By | June 12, 2024

Facts and features   Name: Olli’s RailroadScale: large scale (1:29)Size: 20 x 430 feetPrototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Burlington NorthernLocale: American WestEra: 1970s and 1980sStyle: walkaround gardenMainline run: 850 feetMinimum radius: 7 feetMinimum turnout: LGB R5 (main), LGB R3 (industrial area)Maximum grade: 1.2%Benchwork: welded steel framework backfilled with earthHeight: 19″ to 38″Roadbed: noneTrack: […]

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The On30 Southern Pacific Keeler Branch

By | June 12, 2024
A model railroad layout track plan

Facts and features   Name: Southern Pacific Keeler BranchScale: On30 (1:48 proportion, 30″ narrow gauge, also called On21⁄2)Size: 6 x 17 feetPrototype: SP narrow gaugeLocale: Owens Valley, CaliforniaEra: 1950sStyle: sectionalMainline run: 36 feetMinimum radius: 24″Minimum turnout: No. 5Maximum grade: noneBenchwork: open grid Height: 50″Roadbed: 1 x 4 clear pineTrack: Micro Engineering code 83Scenery: sifted, demagnetized […]

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Ask Trains.com June 2024 compilation

By Cody Grivno | June 11, 2024

Ask Trains.com June 2024 compilation | Our host Cody Grivno, along with an assist from Trains magazine associate editor Bob Lettenberger, to addresses a wide array of modeling and prototype railroading questions. In this edition he’ll provide insights about the schedule and frequency of trains appearing on the Trains.com webcam at Rochelle, Ill.; how to […]

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Ask Trains.com May 2024 compilation

By Cody Grivno | May 14, 2024

Ask Trains.com May 2024 compilation | Our host Cody Grivno addresses a wide array of modeling and prototype railroading questions. In this edition he’ll provide insights about the specific use of two different 1:1 scale covered hoppers; how to model your own track cleaning car, which locomotive is appropriate to select when modeling grain elevator […]

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Drew James’ Canada, Spokane & Pacific RR in HO scale

By | May 13, 2024
Screen shot of Drew James' Canada, Spokane & Northern in HO scale.

Drew James’ Canada, Spokane & Pacific RR in HO scale portrays a bridge line operation connecting the Burlington Northern and Canadian Pacific railroads in the 1980s. You can read more about the layout in the June 2024 issue of Model Railroader magazine. But first, you’ll want to see the action on this distinctive Pacific Northwest […]

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