June 2024

The June 2024 issue of Model Railroader

Digging into the Big Apple

Adding subway operations to an HO scale layout

5 ways to clean track

From off-the-shelf to homemade solutions, how to keep your rails in tip-top shape

Bridge to the Pacific Northwest

The HO scale Canada, Spokane & Pacific joins Burlington Northern and Canadian Pacific in 1981

Turning engines on a stub-end staging yards

A flip-up turntable sector plate makes a finicky task easier

California logging lines in Japan

This 20 x 23-foot layout features standard and narrow gauge operations

Scratchbuilding demystified

How to construct a modular yard office

Compact turnout control panels

Push buttons and light-emitting diodes take the guesswork out of routing trains

Model Railroader Hall of Fame

Manufacturer’s innovations shaped what the hobby would become

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

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
The hobby to have when you’re having more than one

NEWS AND PRODUCTS, pg. 10
Athearn Genesis HO scale GE AC4400CW reviewed, plus the latest new products

RAILWAY POST OFFICE, pg. 16
Letters from our readers

ASK MR, pg. 18
Make a timetable for your model railroad

STEP BY STEP, pg. 22
Animating a steel water tower

ON OPERATION, pg. 62
493’s extra

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 64

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
Ultimate realism