The Wheeling & Lake Erie Ohio River Division layout in HO scale
Facts and features Name: Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 27 x 44 feet (in three rooms)Prototype: original…
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Facts and features Name: Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 27 x 44 feet (in three rooms)Prototype: original…
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If you’re a fan of both boats and trains, building a model railroad involving both can be a rewarding experience.…
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Q: The historic cars for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy featured in the January 2025 episode of Ask Trains were…
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Founded in 1830, the Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works grew into the world’s largest steam locomotive builder. Baldwin locomotives ruled the…
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While traveling, I came upon an operating large scale layout that was a circle of track attached to the top…
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Today, model railroaders are blessed with a wide variety of commercial track in most popular scales. It wasn’t all that…
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By the time they’ve built the benchwork and installed and wired that track, the typical new layout builder starts asking…
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Q: I’ve seen a few Model Railroader articles on painting and weathering that reference liquid mask. How does the product…
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In 2016, to separate the road and the track, I built a retaining wall and safety fence around one of…
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Marx offered a Missile Launcher & Carrier car that was a neat item. Unfortunately, it was only available in 1957,…
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A few months ago I wrote about a boxcar storage shed in Crookston, Minn., my hometown. During that same visit…
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Our On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad is a bit smaller than its prototype counterpart, running only from Kingfield…
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