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Q: I recently ordered one of the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy N scale bay-window cabooses from Shop.Trains.com. What does the…
Read moreQ: I recently ordered one of the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy N scale bay-window cabooses from Shop.Trains.com. What does the…
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My N scale model railroad has about 50 mainline and storage track turnouts, all controlled by Tortoise by Circuitron motors…
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Last month we took a look at modeling urban scenery. This time around, we’ll step back from the big city…
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Perhaps you don’t have the space to build a layout but still want to build “something.” Maybe your layout is…
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Model a “burning” building: I loved the idea of having a “burning” building on a large scale layout. Here was…
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One of my favorite things to do while eating lunch is to pull out an old volume of Model Railroader…
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“Less is more,” as the saying goes from the article, How to lubricate your O and S gauge trains. The…
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Q: I’m building a retaining wall using Woodland Scenics’ cut stone castings and want to attach them to extruded-foam insulation…
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Facts and features Name: Milwaukee, Racine & TroyScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 28′-3″ x 54′-9″Prototype: freelanced bridge lineLocale: southeastern WisconsinEra: 1980s and…
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Facts and features Name: Grand Street & Three Rivers RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: Layout: 27′-6″ x 62′-0″, Room: 31′-6″ x 66′-0″Prototype:…
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Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era,…
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