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Model Railroader

Jan 01 2020
Magazine

The world’s most popular model railroading magazine publishes the information you need to build your own railroad. Get Model Railroader digital magazine subscription today for step-by-step how-to projects; great model train layouts; and realistic track plans. You'll also get reviews of the latest locomotives, rolling stock, and accessories in HO, N, O, and other scales, expert tips, and more!

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READER TIP

I met the enemy, and he was me

Weathering freight cars with decals

DIGGING INTO BETTER TUNNELS • Four ways to improve an often necessary scenic feature

POWER PICKUPS for rolling stock • Phosphor-bronze wire makes a reliable electrical pickup for interior and exterior car lighting systems

Backdating Quisling, Calif. • Adapting a 1980s modular layout to represent the 1950s

Kitbash a fishing fleet • Ship models in various scales provide the raw materials for this HO scale project

Building WINGATE in O scale • PART 1: Choosing a prototype and developing a plan for a compact one-town railroad

Scratchbuild a BIG-CITY STATION • Kansas City Union Station inspired this freelanced HO scale structure

Build a working WATER TANK • Plans from a 1950s Model Railroader article were modified to change scales and add an operating spout driven by a slow-motion switch motor

How to model a CHAIN LINK FENCE • Create an HO scale fence in just a few steps

APPALACHIAN BRIDGE LINE ON A SHELF • The N scale Gauley & Shavers Fork features interchangeable scenes and a 1960s diesel-era setting

Sound for legacy locomotives – F units

WalthersMainline HO Alco PA and PB diesels

Atlas HO GP40-2(W) diesel locomotive

Woodland Static King static grass applicator

Eastern Seaboard Models N scale Penn Central 50-foot boxcar

Reading rooms and rattlesnakes

Trackside Photos

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The world’s most popular model railroading magazine publishes the information you need to build your own railroad. Get Model Railroader digital magazine subscription today for step-by-step how-to projects; great model train layouts; and realistic track plans. You'll also get reviews of the latest locomotives, rolling stock, and accessories in HO, N, O, and other scales, expert tips, and more!

Video Plus

The gift of a lifetime

Model Railroader • Model railroading is fun!

News & Products

Ask MR

READER TIP

I met the enemy, and he was me

Weathering freight cars with decals

DIGGING INTO BETTER TUNNELS • Four ways to improve an often necessary scenic feature

POWER PICKUPS for rolling stock • Phosphor-bronze wire makes a reliable electrical pickup for interior and exterior car lighting systems

Backdating Quisling, Calif. • Adapting a 1980s modular layout to represent the 1950s

Kitbash a fishing fleet • Ship models in various scales provide the raw materials for this HO scale project

Building WINGATE in O scale • PART 1: Choosing a prototype and developing a plan for a compact one-town railroad

Scratchbuild a BIG-CITY STATION • Kansas City Union Station inspired this freelanced HO scale structure

Build a working WATER TANK • Plans from a 1950s Model Railroader article were modified to change scales and add an operating spout driven by a slow-motion switch motor

How to model a CHAIN LINK FENCE • Create an HO scale fence in just a few steps

APPALACHIAN BRIDGE LINE ON A SHELF • The N scale Gauley & Shavers Fork features interchangeable scenes and a 1960s diesel-era setting

Sound for legacy locomotives – F units

WalthersMainline HO Alco PA and PB diesels

Atlas HO GP40-2(W) diesel locomotive

Woodland Static King static grass applicator

Eastern Seaboard Models N scale Penn Central 50-foot boxcar

Reading rooms and rattlesnakes

Trackside Photos

Next Issue

Achieving that finished look – quickly


Expand title description text