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We are working on a new special issue! Classic Toy Trains’ next special interest publication features 14 layouts you can visit across the United States, from the The Choo Choo Barn, the Chicagoland ...
Roanoke’s railroad “Glory Days” may be well in the past. But one aspect of the railroad community is alive and well.
In the August 2025 issue of Model ... Kear's HO scale Buffalo & Susquehanna to Wellsville, Addison & Galeton. The 12 x 32-foot multi-deck walk-in layout features a logging line circa 1910 and the ...
The upper deck on Contributing Editor Tony Koester’s HO scale Nickel Plate Road is 3⁄4″ birch plywood overlaid with Homasote roadbed. He screwed the plywood to stamped-metal shelf brackets that extend ...
Atlas HO scale Alco RS11 Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin plug, $174.95; with ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $289.95 Era: 1970 to 1975 (as decorated) Manufacturer: Atlas ...