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Many new items unveiled at Trainfest 2019

Railway Post Office

Spic and span

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READER TIP

‘The completely revolutionary new C-D scale and gauge’

How to model embedded rails

Miracle in MONTEREY: The restoration of G-D Line no. 10 • Rumors of a missing stash of John Allen’s HO scale locomotives turn out to be true

A little history

Building WINGATE in 0 scale • PART 2: Constructing the layout while keeping weight and complexity under control

Handlaying turnouts

Going home on the PIERMONT DIVISION • This 60 x 70-foot HO scale masterpiece gets a major revision and a new Northeastern focus

Big trains through the Southwest • The 20 x 30-foot Four Corners & Five Lakes features contemporary railroading in N scale

More solutions for shorts

WalthersProto HO scale EMD SD9 diesel

Atlas N scale NJ Transit commuter train

Tangent Scale Models HO PS-3 hopper

Rapido Trains HO Gunderson Husky-Stack

“Make him come get me”

Trackside Photos

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