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Athearn Genesis HO EMD GP38-2

Broadway Limited N scale EMD NW2

Walthers HO ACF 5250 covered hopper

Rapido Trains HO PFE refrigerator car

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How to model ball signals

How to build a ROTARY MANUAL TURNOUT CONTROLLER • Convert push-pull Blue Point linkages to short-throw rotary controllers

Achieving realism on your layout • One modeler’s advice on how you can make your layout look prototypical

Dyeing your track • How to weather ties, rail, and roadbed without an airbrush

A layout in a freight house • This 13 x 34-foot HO scale model railroad is based on the Boston & Maine in eastern New Hampshire circa 1909

A club layout built for operations • The Greater Kansas City Model Railroad Club has been honing its skills for nearly 60 years

KEEP THOSE FALLEN FLAGS ROLLING • Maintenance-of-way cars are a great way to represent bygone railroads on your layout

Modifying a tunnel portal • A technique for expanding plaster tunnel portal castings.

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