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Prototype Railroads

Find hundreds of photos and articles to help you design a prototype-based model railroad.
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How do Tightlock couplers work?

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20-foot intermodal containers

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Burlington Northern renumbering

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A closer look at feed mills

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Loads for a fertilizer blend plant

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Trackage rights in the timetable era

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Observation car lights

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Railroad vehicles you can model

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Railroad paint schemes

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A closer look at well cars

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Tips for modeling station signs

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Railroad signs you can model

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Boxcar storage shed revisited

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Railbox models in HO scale

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A real-world industry you can model

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Freight locomotives can’t always pull modern passenger trains

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A yard office you can model

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Foam-coated freight cars

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Model a pike-size passenger train

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Last days of the last car on the train: the caboose