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Railroad Model Craftsman December 2025

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Features:

Delaware & Susquehanna
by PHIL MONAT — A proto-freelanced HO layout based on operations in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Gorge region.

Southern Pacifi c Davis Signal Bridge
by MIKE JOHANNESSEN — History and scale drawings of a 1910-era Southern Pacific signal bridge.

Two Approaches to a Common Shed
by SAM SWANSON AND MATT WOODS — Two ways to scratchbuild an old, weathered, wooden shed.

Model Mecca: New London, Conn.
by BROOKS A. BENTZ — This Connecticut shoreline city was once served by New Haven and Central Vermont.

Build New London Union Station
by DOUG NELSON — A laser cutter was used to make the components for this massive HO scale station.

Kitbashing a C&NW Bay Window Caboose
by DENNIS EGGERT — Backdating a Tangent HO caboose kit to a 1964 Chicago & North Western prototype 

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 — Southern Pacific’s San Antonio Division/review by George Riley

Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers

Perspective — The Allure of Britain’s Railways/Paul Schmidt

Craftsman Workshop — Kitbash a Pennsy X46 Boxcar/Tim Nicholson

Collector Consist — Proto2000 and Proto1000 Rolling Stock/Tony Cook

Diverging Points — Collecting/Jason Shron

Editor's Notebook  — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak

Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers

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