Welcome – The intermodal revolution Head End – A potpourri of railroad history, then and now Fast Mail – Letters from readers on our Summer 2024 issue Mileposts – Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe True Color – Contrasts at LaGrange Sequence – Milwaukee Road mail train Short Rails – East Jordan & Southern Classics Today […]
In every issue News, p. 4 InnoTrans brings together the rail world’s new products Bill Stephens, p. 8 Amtrak flexes legal muscles vs. its host railroads John Hankey, p. 10 First day: You never know how things will turn out Great Railfan Roads, p. 44 Across the Canadian prairies Brian Solomon, p. 48 Cool train […]
Trains.com staff set out to prove they could build out a layout one square foot at a time! Now that most of their T-Trak modules are completed, it’s due time to have some fun running trains around Model Railroader magazine’s latest project layout, the N scale (1:160) “Colorado Plains”, as featured in the January 2025 […]
Trainfest 2024 occurred November 23-24, 2024, at the Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over the two-day event, thousands of train enthusiasts made their way into the sold out exhibit spaces to enjoy visiting model manufacturers, hobby product/material vendors, model train retailers, operating layouts, and so much more! Watch this compilation video to catch a […]
In the January 2025 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Contributing Editor Lou Sassi paid a visit to the Youngstown Model Railroad Association, located in its namesake community in Ohio. The club, which has been around for 68 years, has layouts in O and HO scales. Lou’s article focuses on the latter, a 24 x 47-foot […]
In the January 2025 issue of Model Railroader magazine, Contributing Editor Lou Sassi paid a visit to the Youngstown Model Railroad Association, located in its namesake community in Ohio. The club, which has been around for 68 years, has layouts in O and HO scales. Lou’s article focuses on the latter, a 24 x 47-foot […]
Ride the waves with railfan/videographer Tom Danneman, as he makes another epic summertime trek into Big Skies & Iron Rails territory! But this time, he’s hard-pressed to keep his feet on dry land…especially when there are so many captivating angles to be found in, on, and along the trackside waterways on Montana. Join Tom and […]
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In every issue News, p. 4 Norfolk Southern sued by federal government over its handling of the Crescent Bill Stephens, p. 10 The more things change, the more they stay the same Great Railfan Roads, p. 46 Follow the BNSF Railway across Montana Preservation, p. 52 Kalmbach Media’s corporate art collection donated to Center for […]
