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Search Results for: sketches with steve

BONUS ARTICLE: N scale through the Northwoods

By | July 30, 2018

…ran through Steve’s northern Wisconsin hometown. (Dave Rickaby) Steve Miazga’s updated N scale Missabe Junction is featured in the September 2018 Model Railroader. Check out This first article about Steve’s… […]

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Posted in Model Train LayoutsTagged 1946 - 1970, 1971 - 1999, How To, Medium Layouts, Model Rectifier Corp., Model Train Layouts, Modeling, N Scale1 Comment

Control a working display case

By | October 4, 2024

…do with its pins. Arduino calls a software program a sketch. I’ve written two fairly simple sketches, one to control the turnouts and another to calibrate a servo motor so… […]

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Posted in Expert TipsTagged DCC & Wiring, Expert Tips, HO Scale, How To, Layout Builds, Model Rectifier Corp., Walthers

Meet Steven Otte, Q&A with the Editors

By | March 13, 2024

…Senior Associate Editor Steve Sweeney: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Q&A with the Editors. Today, we are so pleased to welcome Steven Otte from Model Railroader. Steven,… […]

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Posted in Railroads & Locomotives

Simple mountain backdrop painting for your toy train layout

By Ray Stuber | March 31, 2020

…(mountains). I needed to use only three colors, one for each level, on my sketches. Consider where you would like the horizon to be located. I like it at about… […]

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Posted in Toy Train LayoutsTagged How To, Model Rectifier Corp., O Scale, Painting & Weathering, S Scale, Scenery, Toy Train Layouts

An L shaped N scale shelf layout

By Steven Otte, Associate Editor | February 1, 2023

…just 12” deep, this track plan provides a variety of operating options in a compact space. Steven Otte photo In some of my early “Sketching with Steve” articles – in… […]

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Posted in Build a Model RailroadTagged Build a Model Railroad, How To, Model Rectifier Corp., N Scale, Olympia Projects, Railroader, Shelf, Track Planning1 Comment

Model Railroader 2013 Layout Progress Tour

By | March 5, 2013

…editor Steve Otte’s HO scale Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern model railroad. Steve is modeling greater Cincinnati in the early 1900s. Steve has made a lot of progress in the past… […]

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Posted in Model Train LayoutsTagged 1946 - 1970, HO Scale, How To, Medium Layouts, Model Rectifier Corp., Model Train Layouts, Modeling, N Scale, Pre - 192025 Comments

New Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena sketches out his vision for the railroad

By Bill Stephens | August 14, 2023

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena. UP OMAHA, Neb. — New Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena shared his vision for the railroad in a letter to employees today, his first day… […]

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Posted in News WireTagged Freight, News & Reviews, News Wire, Rail Industry, Railroader, Union Pacific8 Comments

Big Boy Mississippi crossing, August 2021

By | August 25, 2021

The Union Pacific Big Boy begins to move its train off the Bayou Plaquemine bridge at Plaquemine, Louisiana on Friday morning, Aug. 20, 2021. Steve Smedley photo Union Pacific Big… […]

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Posted in Photo GalleriesTagged Gallery, LGB, Photo Galleries, Photos, Railfanning, Railroader, Southeast, Steam Locomotive, Union Pacific, Union Pacific Big Boy, Videos & Photos1 Comment

Beyond the byline with Steve Glischinski

By Nastassia Putz, Production Editor | February 6, 2023

Beyond the byline with Steve Glischinski: Glischinski’s first byline and feature on the Escanaba & Lake Superior in the July 1984 issue. What was your first byline in Trains? Steve… […]

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Posted in HistoryTagged History, Railroads2 Comments

How to finish 3D-printed parts made from ABS plastic

By Steve Berneberg | April 7, 2021

…danger to your health, but if a spark occurs nearby you could have a ball of flames. Use only in a well-ventilated area. Photo by Steve Berneberg You will need… […]

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Posted in How ToTagged Accessories, Build a Garden Railroad, Expert Tips, How To, Large Scale, Model Rectifier Corp., Projects

Beyond the byline with Steve Smedley

By | March 5, 2024

…even then, borrowed time. Norfolk & Western No. 2903 started out life as Nickel Plate Road No. 903 in July of 1962. Steve Smedley Steve Smedley: The Electro-Motive Division GP30… […]

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Posted in HistoryTagged History, Railroads

Steve Stewart, co-founder of Stewart Hobbies, dies at 79

By | November 22, 2022

Steve Stewart, co-founder of Stewart Hobbies, dies at 79 In Memoriam: Steve Stewart. Steven “Steve” John Stewart of Chalfont, Pa., passed away on November 20, 2022, after enduring life with… […]

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Posted in NewsTagged 1971 - 1999, 2000 - Present, HO Scale, News, News & Reviews, Product and Hobby News
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