The Naugatuck Valley RR: Operating a ’50s-era layout, step-by-step
Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads. For…
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I first encountered the Lone Star Treble-O-lectric system when one of my old school friends had a box full of…
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When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the…
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You never know where change will lead you. What started out as an attempt to fine-tune my existing HO scale…
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When David Clune began work on his On3 Cascade County Narrow Gauge in 1985, he intended it to be a…
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The thunder of modern motive power and the rumble of long trains rolling through Colorado’s Rocky Mountain passes caught Bill…
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Over the first dozen or so years of of its existence, the original HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy underwent…
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For many model railroad clubs, the word “move” can trigger stress and uncertainty. When you don’t own the space you…
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Built by Others is an article series showcasing layouts constructed by modelers using plans and projects from the pages of…
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I constructed my first N scale layout in a coffee table in 1976 based on the East Glasstop project railroad…
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Original article published in Garden Railway’s Dec. 2019 issue by Bill Mefford; edited and updated for Trains.com by Lucas Iverson.…
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Built by Others is an article series showcasing layouts constructed by modelers using plans and projects from the pages of…
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