Description
Features:
Soo Line in Southern Indiana • by JOHN EMLEY — Rural scenery dominates this HO scale Soo Line secondary set in mid-1990s Indiana.
Freight Car Upgrade with Photo-Etched Detail Parts • by STEVE HOLZHEIMER — It’s easy to create your own photo-etched detail parts in any scale.
Great Northern Anacortes Station • by PATRICK LAWSON — A combination freight and passenger station for a Washington branch line.
Make Realistic Concrete Roads • by JUSTIN BLUMENKAMP — An easy-to-follow method to build realistic mid-century concrete roads.
Making a Scene at CP 294 • by DAVE ABELES — An old tower solves a scenery dilemma on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onandaga Cutoff.
Layout Command Control: Part 3 • by DETLEK KURPANEK — Wrapping up our series with planning your network, wiring, events, and more.
Backdrops from Digital Photos and AI • by BOB WUNDROCK, MMR — Using digital tools to design unique backdrop images for your layout.
Departments:
Safety Valve — Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Rail Books — Big Emma: Louisville & Nashville M-1 2-8-4s/review by Otto M. Vondrak
Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective — Los Angeles Union Station/Otto M. Vondrak
Boomer Trail — 2024 NMRA National Convention Scrapbook/Otto M. Vondrak
Craftsman Workshop — Some Boston & Maine Structures/George Dutka
Painting & Weathering — Weathering a Second-Hand RS-18u/Tim Hayman
Diverging Points — The Strange Calendar of Model Railroading/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers
Index of Advertisers