Tracklaying tricks with curved turnouts
Three Peco curved turnouts (left) helped senior editor Jim Hediger fit this reverse loop staging yard on his HO scale…
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Three Peco curved turnouts (left) helped senior editor Jim Hediger fit this reverse loop staging yard on his HO scale…
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For many years small towns were a major source of traffic for railroads all across the country. Long before anyone…
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Modified radio control servo motors operate the remote control turnouts on Jim Lomison’s HO layout. Turnout motors always seemed a…
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Helper operations were carefully coordinated using locomotive whistle signals as specified in the railroad’s operating rules: (an “o” denotes a…
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Name: Boston & Maine Layout designer: Bob Gurley Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 22 x 50 feet Prototype: loosely based on…
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Name: Elm Valley RR Layout designer: Floyd Simms Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-9″ x 16′-6″ Theme: logging and quarrying Locale:…
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I think every model railroad should have a valance. What is a valance, you may ask? A valance is a…
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Building a small diorama for some of my N scale models allowed me to combine my two favorite hobbies: model…
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As the prototype photo depicts (below), even urban roads like this CSX route through Miami aren’t immune to weeds sprouting…
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Head-end traffic helped cover some of the costs of America’s passenger trains for many years. Contracts with the United States…
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Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout designer: Brent Monahan Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: layout 51⁄2 x 191⁄2 feet, dioramas 41⁄2 x 17…
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Name: Glenwood & Black Creek Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1) Size: 16′-6″ x 35′-0″ Locale: western United States Theme: western narrow gauge…
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