…tavern-lounge Effie Dean. (Steve Smedley) TREGO, Wis. — After surviving 62 years in storage and seven previous owners unable to fulfill their plans for the historic Budd-built streamliner, Wisconsin Great… […]
Senior associate editor Steven Otte’s sketch shows the good, the bad, and the ugly of model railroad tunnels, as well as some different types of tunnels you can use on… […]
…the plywood accurately, because it’s hard to modify your track arrangements after the plywood is cut. Extruded foam insulation board Steven Otte filled in a gap on our HO scale… […]
…shake, shake, shake. Send us your questions Have a question about modeling, operation, or prototype railroads? Send it to Senior Associate Editor Steven Otte at Steven.Otte@Firecrown.com. Be sure to put… […]
Hollow core door benchwork isn’t just for N scale. These doors come in many different widths suitable for different scales. Steven Otte sketched up track plans for two HO scale… […]
Wisconsin Great Northern President Greg Vreeland applies the Mark Twain Zephyr nameplate to the observation car Tom Sawyer during work in Trego, Wis., on July 22, 2021. (Steve Smedley) TREGO,… […]
…Mississippi River at Sabula on May 9, 2024. Steve Smedley Since 2019, Union Pacific has been in the steam spotlight with its restored 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. In 2024,… […]
Great Northern business car A11 is masked for repainting at the Minnesota Transportation Museum’s Jackson Street Roundhouse Museum. Steve Glischinski. ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Transportation Museum is moving… […]
Recent changes to Steve Brown’s N scale layout had an impact on operations. As such, he must carefully remove trackwork for re-use. Follow along Steve’s “Regular Guy” techniques for extracting… […]
St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway E8 No. 5898 brings its train back to the depot in Jackson, Mo., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Steve Smedley JACKSON, Mo. —… […]
See this interview with Hal Miller, Editor of Classic Toy Trains magazine. Trains.com Unlimited Members can see the video in the Trains.com Video section. Steve Sweeney: So, ladies and gentlemen,… […]
…from making a complete trip around the elevator’s loop track. Steve Smedley JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — With officials from both KCS and Canadian Pacific reportedly aboard, Kansas City Southern’s Southern Belle… […]
