Video: Inside the December 2018 Model Railroader

Inside the December 2018 Model Railroader

It’s always the present-day on Eric Brooman’s HO scale Utah Belt. See the latest updates to this proto-freelanced masterpiece in the December issue of Model Railroader magazine. You’ll also learn about a modular model railroad club in the United Kingdom that models the Southern Pacific, get plans for a small-town depot, and much more. See […]

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Around The Room Train Layout

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 […]

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Conversations with Brian Solomon

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 […]

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Video: Inside the October 2018 Model Railroader

Inside the October 2018 Model Railroader

    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 […]

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Video: Inside the August 2018 Model Railroader

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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Steam’s Lost Empire

Steam's Lost Engine cover

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 […]

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