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Detail a diesel on a budget

CUSTOM COLORS for static grass • Are off-the-shelf options not working for you? Try dyeing fibers

Rails to the Queen City • Coal mines, bakeries, and warehouses are major industries on this freelanced Appalachian layout

Streetlights at a discount

Meet George Campbell

Add RAIL-MARINE OPERATIONS to your layout • The Rail-Marine Interface Mechanism can be part of a modular or permanent model railroad

Scratchbuild a timber cribbing loading dock • A chance find during a railfan trip inspired this project

Block detection for signaling

ScaleTrains.com N scale UP standard turbine

Atlas HO General Electric Dash 8-40B

Accurail HO two-bay covered hopper kit

Walthers HO Modern Suburban Station kit

21st-century train orders

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