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Gregory Wiggins’ HO scale Bellows Falls Subdivision background images

By | April 8, 2021
A green road diesel leads a train over a steel girder bridge above a black diesel switcher with its own train

Download this image to use as a background on your computer screen   A Rutland freight led by Alco RS-3 no. 207 crosses over the Otter Creek Bridge on its way to Rutland while below a Delaware & Hudson crew picks up cars dropped off on the Clarendon & Pittsford RR interchange. Gregory Wiggins of […]

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Don Janes’ HO scale Boston & Maine Green Mountain Division background images

By | March 17, 2021
A green diesel locomotive leading a string of freight cars crosses a stone arch bridge over a creek

A Rutland freight led by Alco RS-3 no. 201 crosses a stone arch bridge on its way toward North Bennington, Vt. Don Janes of Sarnia, Ont., photographed the scene on his HO scale Boston & Maine Green Mountain Division layout. The RS-3 is a DCC-equipped Atlas model Don superdetailed and custom painted. The stone arch […]

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John Collins’ N scale Chesapeake & Ohio background images

By | February 17, 2021
A steam locomotive crosses a steel trestle above a harbor bobbing with fishing boats

  Chesapeake & Ohio no. 705, a Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation, pulls a log train over the bay inlet while workers perform some maintenance on the steel truss bridge. John Collins of Hartland, Wis., photographed the scene on his N scale layout. The locomotive is a DCC-equipped Bachmann Spectrum model; the fishing clipper is a Model […]

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Larry Burk’s On30 Laurium, Mohawk & Brockway background images

By | January 15, 2021
Larry Burke's On30 Laurium, Mohawk & Brockway

Laurium, Mohawk & Brockway no. 2, a Baldwin 2-6-2T, maneuvers its work train through Phoenix Yard on its way to do some track work. Larry Burk of Holly, Mich., photographed the scene on his On30 layout, which was featured in our November issue. Engine no. 2 is a modified Bachmann Spectrum model.   Download the […]

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John Vavra’s HO scale Santa Fe background images

By | November 24, 2020
John Vavra’s photo of his HO scale Santa Fe layout

A pair of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe General Electric C44-9Ws leads a double- stack train out of a tunnel and up the 1.9 percent grade at Cascade Canyon. The action takes place on the HO scale railroad built by John Vavra of Escon-dido, Calif. The diesels are made by ScaleTrains.com, and the trees are […]

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HO scale Bona Vista RR background images

By | November 15, 2020
Steam locomotive rounding a bend

Get desktop wallpaper from the HO scale Bona Vista RR. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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HO scale Baltimore Harbor District background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper from the HO scale Baltimore Harbor District. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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On30 Olympia Logging Co. background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper for the On30 Olympia Logging Co. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegheny RR background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper from the HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegheny RR. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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S scale C&O Alleghany Subdivision background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper from the S scale C&O Alleghany Subdivision. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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N scale Union Pacific Santiam Division background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper from the N scale Union Pacific Santiam Division. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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Large scale Western Maryland Deer Park Subdivision background images

By | November 15, 2020

Get desktop wallpaper from the large scale Western Maryland Deer Park Subdivision. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x 1200 image […]

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