Computer desktop wallpaper from the October 2015 issue

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Use this image of Mike Confalone’s HO scale Allagash Ry. from the October 2015 Model Railroader as a background on your computer screen. Click on the image size appropriate for your monitor and drag the image onto your desktop. Download 1600 x 900 wallpaper Download 1600 x 1000 wallpaper Download 1600 x 1200 wallpaper   […]

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Computer desktop wallpaper from the August 2015 Model Railroader

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Click the links to use this image of the HO scale Saginaw passenger station from the Michigan Lines model railroad as computer desktop wallpaper. It’s October 1950 in Saginaw, Mich., on Brook and Jay Qualman’s HO scale Michigan Lines layout that features a scratchbuilt model of the Saginaw passenger station. The photo is a featured […]

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Build the Black River Junction – part 3

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Good looking scenery includes a variety of layered textures and colors. We’ll take a look at how to build some of those first scenic layers on our HO scale project railroad, including this hillside. Bill Zuback photo You may be surprised to find that the biggest part of building our HO Black River Junction project […]

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Build the Black River Junction – part 2

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A Baltimore & Ohio Fairbanks-Morse switcher clatters over the crossing at Black River Junction. Bill Zuback photo A key part of building a successful model railroad is that the project keeps your interest. One way to stay “hooked” when building a layout is to make sure you can run some trains as quickly as possible. […]

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Desktop wallpaper from the May 2015 Model Railroader

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Bob Johnson’s model train layout is set along the Union Pacific branch line from Pocatello, Idaho, to Butte, Mont., in 1954. You can read about the HO scale Union Pacific Butte Line in the May 2015 Model Railroader. This month you can use this image of Bob’s model railroad as a background on your computer […]

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Build the Black River Junction – Part 1

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A New York Central freight passes the depot at the town of Black River, Ohio. This 1950s HO scale layout depicts a junction  where the NYC crosses the Baltimore & Ohio. The Black River Junction was built as part of Model Railroader magazine’s Layout in a Week project in early February 2006. The construction crew […]

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