Features:

Rock Island Mid-Continent Route • by Mike Armstrong — This HO scale Rock Island layout will be on the NMRA convention tour this summer.

Calcium Carbide Container Flats • by James Kinkaid — These early piggyback cars were rebuilt to haul calcium carbide containers.

Finnuken’s Pharmacy • by Bill Gill — Take a damaged resin kit and turn it into a detailed pharmacy storefront with a new interior.

Build a 60’ Wood Chip Hopper in O • by Bill Yancey — Using easy-to-master techniques to build modern freight cars from styrene.

Model a Modern Wheat Harvest • by Craig Chandler — Using faux fur as the base to make a convincing Kansas wheat field in HO scale.

Build a Detailed Micro Layout in HO • by Ken Hutnik — No room? No problem. Ken Hutnik built an 8x10” HO scale layout centered around a barn.

Departments:

Safety Valve

Receiving Yard

Test Track

Rail Books • Book news and reviews

Timetable

Perspective

Boomer Trail

Craftsman Workshop

Collector Consist

Diverging Points • by Jason Shron

Editor's Notebook • by Otto M. Vondrak