August 2025

August 2025

By Mitch Horner | August 1, 2025

Also in this issue:

ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
What’s the right size layout for you?

NEWS AND REVIEWS, pg. 10
Hobby industry news

RAILWAY POST OFFICE, pg. 16
Letters from our readers

ASK MR, pg. 18
Burlington Northern renumbering

STEP BY STEP, pg. 22
Rare earth uncoupling

PROTOTYPE TO MODEL, pg. 52
Eldon C. Stutsman Inc. — Hills, Iowa, 2012

ON OPERATION, pg. 54
Mail call

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 56

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON  pg. 65

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 66
‘Pushing’ large layouts

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