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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Essex Junction & Monadnock RR
Sep 18, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Essex Junction & Monadnock RR

A Maine Central 2-8-0 leads a two-car local on Don Virtue’s HO scale Essex Junction & Monadnock RR. The model…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Sutter’s Mill
Sep 17, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Sutter’s Mill

While a few employees from Sutter’s Mill enjoy their mid-afternoon break outside, New York, New Haven & Hartford RS1 No.…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Bringing up the markers
Sep 16, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Bringing up the markers

With the sun just about to set, Fred Lagno of Queenstown, Md., snapped this shot of a Chesapeake & Ohio…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Manifest freight through Hainesburg
Sep 15, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Manifest freight through Hainesburg

New York, Kittatinny & Western Alco RS32 No. 2032 rolls through Hainesburg, N.J., with a manifest freight. In the background,…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Blue Mountain Road
Sep 12, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Blue Mountain Road

Three Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotives lead an eastbound train over Blue Mountain Road on Mike Danneman’s N scale Denver &…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Hitch’s Garage
Sep 11, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Hitch’s Garage

As the mechanic at Hitch’s Garage tends to a disabled car, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe NW2 rumbles past…

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Visiting Jim Kelly’s Tehachapi Pass layout
Aug 29, 2025

Visiting Jim Kelly’s Tehachapi Pass layout

Retired Model Railroader Managing Editor Jim Kelly remains active in honing his N scale skills and craftsmanship. The result has…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: A first-prize scratchbuilt locomotive
Aug 26, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: A first-prize scratchbuilt locomotive

Between 1961 and 1963, author John Pryke spent 1,500 hours scratchbuilding this New Haven class R-3a 4-8-2 steam locomotive. The…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: The sand trap
Aug 25, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: The sand trap

Ken Kirkwood sent in this photo of an unfortunate golfer who hit her ball into a really big sand trap.…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Switching at the chemical plant
Aug 22, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Switching at the chemical plant

As railfans snap photos of two recently delivered Midwest Valley SD60Fs, Missouri, Kansas & Quincy Alco C-420 No. 6421 switches…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: On the ready track
Aug 21, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: On the ready track

​​The Lower Paxton & Northern engine terminal is a bustling place this morning. With two locomotives on the ready tracks,…

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: The Connecticut River Line
Aug 20, 2025

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: The Connecticut River Line

Canadian Pacific Alco RS3 No. 8400 leads a local into North Newport, Vt., on Neil Schofield’s HO scale Connecticut River…

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