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Take your next layout to the next level with this free 15-page PDF filled with design concepts. In this free download we cover: Layout schematics and how to think of your track plan as a railroad. Effective and efficient layout shapes. Sectional layouts and building your railroad so you can take it with you. And […]
Trains Magazine · Conversations with Brian Solomon, Episode 39 Railroad author and photographer Brian Solomon produces this exclusive biweekly podcast for Trains Magazine. You can catch his column monthly in the magazine or his daily railroad photography blog at briansolomon.com/trackingthelight. Conversations with Brian Solomon, Episode 38 We’re back on the railfan track this week with […]
MRVP’s Jenny Freeland shares insights on how to properly clean O gauge track in this continuing video series from Classic Toy Trains magazine! […]
Follow editor Hal Miller as he shows you what’s inside the October 2018 issue of Model Railroader magazine. You’ll see a spectacular HO railroad that pays tribute to both the Erie RR and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, learn about operations on John Allen’s famous Gorre & Daphetid layout, get tips for installing […]
Editor Hal Miller shares some of the highlights of the August 2018 issue of Model Railroader magazine. Layout tours this month include a coal-hauling New York Central branch line and a logging railroad set in the Pacific Northwest. How-to projects include detailing a modern boxcar, using an Arduino microcontroller to set up push-button staging, and […]
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Also in this issue: Home-built 4-8-2 on the Run, pg. 6 Baltimore & Ohio T-3 in Ohio 600 Tons for a 2-8-8-2, pg. 24 4-percent grade on a Northern Pacific branch Citadel of CB&Q Steam, pg. 34 Mikado at Centralia, Ill., in 1957 A Quiet Corner of the Santa Fe, pg. 58 2-10-0 on a […]
Click here to view a PDF version of the Model Railroader magazine index for 2017. […]
Whether you want to know how to keep your garden railway switches free of debris or a simple method to catch tiny track screws, this booklet contains a wealth of information. Some of the tips inside include: an easy way to simulate old, rusting enamel signs how to make translucent “glass” what to use for […]
A decade ago, Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains, and I began work on what became the O gauge Lionel Lines/Santa Fe layout. With help from CTT staff members, who dutifully ventured to Dick’s suburban basement every Tuesday night, we spent countless hours planning, thinking, changing our minds, and making false starts […]
This booklet contains five National Train Show track plans, along with a bill of materials for constructing each one and some operational possibilities. The 4 x 8 dimensions are time-tested – that’s the size of a sheet of plywood, plenty of track and broad-enough curves can fit on it, and, most important, filling those 32 square […]
