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

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

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

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

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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