How to pet-proof a model railroad layout
Living with a model railroad and a dog or cat isn’t always easy. The animals don’t know the difference between…
Read moreLiving with a model railroad and a dog or cat isn’t always easy. The animals don’t know the difference between…
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If you’re looking forward to hosting an operating session, open house, layout photo session, or just a visit from friends…
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Through our Trains.com website and the pages of Model Railroader magazine, you get a pretty good idea of what some…
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I’ve had a lifelong fascination with trains, stemming from my father’s near 40-year career on the Santa Fe (and later…
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When I first got into model railroading, I tried handlaying my own track and quickly discovered that it wasn’t that…
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Mountains have long been a popular scenic feature on model railroads. Sometimes they’re incorporated to accurately re-create a prototype location.…
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Tips for keeping your model railroad layout clean: A clean layout is fun to run, fun to work on, and…
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You’ve learned a few things about toy trains, and maybe even bought a few items or pieces of track. You…
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The following project is an update of Gary D. Patterson’s “Simplified CTC signals” in the July 1988 issue of MR.…
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One of the joys of modern model railroading is incorporating new technology. Using a familiar mobile device, for instance, can…
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In 2023, I wrote an article about four young men under the age of 40 that were either modelers or…
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Over nearly 40 years I’ve built seven train layouts. I started out with N scale, then discovered large scale trains.…
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