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For many, particularly those with limited space, having model trains means that the trains will in some way intersect with…
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Malcolm Furlow’s waterfall modeling technique: Malcolm Furlow’s article presented here originally ran in the August 1980 issue of Model Railroader…
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If you’re like me, you love riding Amtrak and modeling the trains you have ridden. But scale passenger equipment can…
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Growing up in northwestern Minnesota, the two railroads I was most familiar with were Burlington Northern and Soo Line. Sure,…
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N scale trains on HO curves: In 1968 Aurora and Revell gambled that N scale train sets would be a…
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Better track, wheels, and couplers: Several years ago Atlas introduced its code 55 N scale track, and soon a great…
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Wheel quality keeps rolling: Over the last five years or so, N scalers have shown increased interest in replacement wheelsets.…
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Facts & features Name: Tygart Valley Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: Two rooms, 15′ x 18′ and 12′ x 20′…
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Sidewinders, squeezers, and crushers: In Milwaukee, our winter days can be very cold and dry, our summer days hot and…
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Test twice, solder once: It’s one of the best lessons I’ve learned in building layouts. In fact, it’s such a…
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Another layer of planning: Perfect model railroaders (of which I suspect there might be three in the entire world) strike…
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Adventures in code 55 track: I’m now building my fourth layout featuring the Tehachapi Loop, so I call it Tehachapi…
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