It’s My Railroad: Build a loader from parts and pieces, Ep. 27
As the mini-series continues, there’s plenty more work for Steve Brown to finish on his N scale scratchbuilt industry. This video picks up with our host sharing his instructions and… […]
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Ask MR: What prototype rail weights do scale track codes correspond to?
…the prototype). Send us your questions Do you have a question about model railroading you’d like to see answered in Ask MR? Send it to associate editor Steven Otte at… […]
Heartland of America: The Big Boy cometh
…service stop and overnight at Villa Grove, Ill. Three photos, Steve Smedley VILLA GROVE, Ill. — Villa Grove Mayor Cassandra Eversole-Gunter sat behind engineer Ed Dickens, manager of Union Pacific’s… […]
Lionel 1957 Super O layout
Steve Garofalo’s Super O layout celebrates Lionel’s 1957 showroom layout. Download this PDF of a 12-page look at the original 1957 layout. Lionel 1957 Super O layout… […]
Trackside Photos: A reefer train rolls, two coal trains meet, a caboose is serviced, and more
…to: Model Railroader, Trackside Photos, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612; or upload them to fileupload.kalmbach.com/contribute. For our photo submission guidelines, contact senior associate editor Steven Otte at sotte@kalmbach.com. … […]
A track plan for under the Christmas tree
…track plan expands on the tradition by adding operating features. Steven Otte photo A lot of railroad modelers got their start in the hobby when they received a train set… […]
Midday Modeler — 05.25.2022
…was in downtown Milwaukee. Joining today’s #middaymodeler session were David Popp, Eric White, Cody Grivno, Brian Schmidt, and Steve Otte. Together they ran trains and showed off the kind of… […]
Congress considered sending Steamtown Big Boy to Utah
Big Boy Big Boy 4012 at Steamtown in Octboer 2021. Steve Glischinski WASHINGTON — Long before Union Pacific reacquired Big Boy No. 4014, rebuilt it to operation and sent it… […]
Milwaukee Road 261 to pull trips on Twin Cities & Western – with a new twist NEWSWIRE
No. 261 heads west on Twin Cities & Western trackage at Augusta, Minn., in September 2017. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 will operate excursions pulled by… […]
Soo Line No. 2719 may return to Wisconsin for display NEWSWIRE
No. 2719 crosses the French River on Minnesota’s North Shore Scenic Railroad in September 2007. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719, owned by the Lake Superior… […]
Roger Holmes, railroader, photographer, and historian, dies
Roger Holmes. Steve Smedley Railroader, photographer, and rail historian Roger Holmes of Hudson, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 19, after a six-week battle with COVID-19. He was 73. Holmes was a… […]
Official Railway Equipment Register: What is it and why do I need one?
…the David P. Morgan Memorial Library. Steven Otte photo Q: I am inquiring about the Official Railroad Equipment Register (ORER). It’s been mentioned in Model Railroader articles from time to… […]
