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Model Railroader, 1 Aug 2026

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Each issue, Model Railroader features step-by-step modeling and construction projects, fascinating photo tours of model train layouts, insightful reviews, how-to tips from the experts, and much more!

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ArticleRevis­ing a model rail­road

Chan­ging from two decks to one made this HO scale lay­out more enjoy­able to run Space is something most model rail­road­ers want to have more of. When my HO scale Con­rail Share Assets Oper­a­tions lay­out was fea­tured in Great Model Rail­roads...

Revis­ing a model rail­road

ArticleMod­el­ing NKP’S Ft. Wayne Divi­sion

A sur­gical wake-up call gets things rolling — lit­er­ally I GOT A FOOTHOLD in scale model rail­road­ing 30 to 40 years ago when I built a small lay­out based on a local rail­road, the fam­ous coal-haul­ing Clinch­field. But I had four sons to raise...

Mod­el­ing NKP’S Ft. Wayne Divi­sion

ArticleStep by Step

How to color brick struc­tures A ques­tion many read­ers want an answer to is how to color bricks. Most rail­roads pass by and serve mul­tiple brick-built factor­ies and ware­houses, not to men­tion homes, apart­ments, offices, and res­taur­ants in...

Step by Step

ArticleEast Troy Indus­trial Park: Real­istic trees

Part 8: Using Scenic Express Super­trees to add real­ism to our HO scale lay­out When build­ing a model rail­road, at some point you’re going to need trees. Our East Troy Indus­trial Park RR is set in south­east­ern Wis­con­sin, and there are trees...

East Troy Indus­trial Park: Real­istic trees