Regional weathering
When you’re standing trackside or watching trains on your favorite railfan webcam site, take a closer look at the locomotives…
Read moreWhen you’re standing trackside or watching trains on your favorite railfan webcam site, take a closer look at the locomotives…
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Q: Thanks for your review of the Athearn NSC 6000 gondola in the August 2026 issue. I recently purchased a…
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Q: I enjoyed the September 2026 issue of Model Railroader very much, particularly the article about the Yosemite Valley RR.…
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Q: I purchased two Athearn (Roundhouse line) ready-to-run locomotives in HO scale. In direct current, the rooftop beacon on top…
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Q: I’m interested in John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid and want a lot of info, such as a locomotive roster…
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The freight house for our HO scale Rice Harbor project layout [see the January through May 2014 issues of Model…
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Between 2019 and 2024, Model Railroader magazine commissioned a line of limited-edition, custom-decorated rolling stock for the Milwaukee, Racine &…
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Q: Several years ago you did a demonstration on ballasting track for a steam-to-diesel transition era railroad. You lined the…
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Locomotives and freight cars are key items that help define the prototype, era, and in some cases locale that you’re…
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I read Editor Eric White’s “How to color brick structures” article in the August 2026 issue of Model Railroader in…
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Periodically, I dig through old issues of Model Railroader with an eye toward changes in the hobby, as well as…
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When I was a teenager, I built a maintenance chair for my layout using old furniture from my grandfather’s barn.…
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