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On a Rocky Mountain high
HO
Building on the bones of his prior layout, Rolf Malmborg brings the
D&RGW into the 21st century
By Rolf Malmborg and Steven Otte
Steam rules on this HO scale layout created from childhood memories
By Mat Thompson
Modeling an industrial complex offers loads of operations in a
compact space
By Thomas Klimoski
If you’ve attended a Midwestern train show in the past 20 years,
you’ve probably seen this modular N scale layout
By Keith Kohlmann and Mike Skibbe
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A Connecticut railfan on the Central Vermont
HO
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Industrial railroading in a spare bedroom
HO
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20 years of Modutrak
N
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Digging into the C&O Alleghany Sub
HO
Expanding this already great model railroad involved excavating an
addition to the basement
By Alan Bell
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City railroad, country railroad
O
Urban canyons and pastoral scenes in two rooms on a semi-
freelanced O scale layout
By Dave Rickaby
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Down old Kentucky way
HO
This HO scale L&N layout occupies a 35 x 50-foot outbuilding
By Lou Sassi
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Downsizing by upsizing
On30
Overwhelmed by a too complex HO scale layout, Pat Thoney
embraces the slower pace of an On30 branch line
By Dave Rickaby
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Going home on the Mineral Point & Northern
HO
Named for a layout belonging to a former MR editor, the Shullsburg
Branch is the author’s eighth model railroad
By Gregg Condon
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Viewpoint
Enhancing realism for the layout operator
By Steven Otte
COVER:
Canadian Pacific diesels visit Rolf Malmborg’s Short Valley HO
scale layout.
Rolf Malmborg photo
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