Features:

Utah Colorado Western • by Lee Nicholas — Inspired by Southern Pacific, Rio Grande, and Utah Railway, this Western-themed HO-scale bridge route is designed for operations.

Baja Tour Bus in O Scale • by Gary Beatty — By adding some colorful decoration and some scratchbuilt details, you can create an interesting vehicle to serve your vacationing tourists.

Build an LCC-based Interlocking • by Bret Overholtzer — We unleash the new Layout Command Control protocol to quickly and easily control a complex interlocking junction.

Hook-and-Loop Fasteners for Your Backdrops • by Joseph Kriess — Spoiler alert: It’s Velcro®.

“Electrify” a Southern Pacific Diesel • by Trevor Marshall — A classic Walthers SW1 is rebuilt with an upgraded drivetrain, DCC and sound, and details for working in trolley territory.

Departments:

Collector Consist

Craftsman Timetable

Dealer Directory • Recommended hobby dealers

Dremel Kitbashing Award • by Ross Dando

Editor's Notebook • by Otto M. Vondrak

Index of Advertisers

Look Both Ways • by Mike Schafer & Bill Navigato

Perspective • by Karl Zimmermann

Rail Books • Book news and reviews

Receiving Yard

Safety Valve

Scratchbuilder's Workshop • by Bob Walker

Test Track • by Harry K. Wong — ScaleTrains.com's EMD SD40T-2 "Tunnel Motor" Locomotive review