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Weathering without an airbrush

Bringing large scale indoors • This island-style model railroad re-creates the Rio Grande Southern in 1:20.3

How to build a working coal tower • This O scale structure adds interest to a compact model railroad

A PLACE ON THE PENNSY CIRCA 1955 • A rural Pennsylvania setting showcases meticulously detailed locomotives, rolling stock, and structures

SKETCHUP FOR BACKDROPS • Once you have a 3-D computer model, these steps can turn it into a realistic background image

NEW YORK CENTRAL RIVER DIVISION IN HO SCALE • This 11 x 30-foot track plan replicates the action of the West Shore Line in the 1950s

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE • With the addition of a bit of wood sheet and strip and a few details, a Banta Modelworks O scale kit yielded a house and an ice shack

THE GREEN HOUSE

THE WATEFRONT SHACK

How to wire reverse loops with DCC

ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2 diesel

Bachmann 0-6-0 steam locomotive in On30

WalthersMainline HO wide-vision caboose

Kato N scale Viewliner II baggage car

Are switches normal?

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