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  3 All-new ExactRail releases available Tuesday January 18th!

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    3 All-new releases available Tuesday January 18th!  P-S 7315 Waffle Box Car   72' Deck Plate Girder Bridge PS-2CD 4427 Covered Hopper P-S 7315 Waffle Box Car  Only $32.95 MSRP! &nbs...
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  Superdetailing Icing Platforms: Creative Model Associates HO Scale, or Walthers N Scale

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  Model construction by Mike Barry Photos, workmen and reefers by Ken Patterson The icing platform kits from Creative Model Associates and Walthers can be painted and detailed to recreate the scenes that were common on nearly every prototype railr...
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  CNR Wayfreight At Grand River

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  Ian Wilson recreated a significant site in Ontario for his Canadian National Railways 12 1/2 x 12-foot HO scale layout. He captured the look and feel of small city and town railroading. His article on how to build the "Gooderham & Worts" distiller...
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  Intermountain Announces Another Run of Southern Pacific 4-8-8-4 Cab Forwards for HO & N Scale

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  PRICINGHO (DC) $349.95 US MSRP. HO (DCC & Sound) $469.95 US MSRP.  N (DC) $339.95 US MSRP.  N (DCC & Sound) $459.95 US MSRP.    
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  Pennsylvania Railroad Middle & Pittsburgh Divisions Circa 1952, In HO Scale

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  By Doug Taylor Photos By Robert Schleicher Plan Artwork by Craig DuMez PHOTO 10. The Torrance steel mill is designed so both the incoming coal and ore and the outgoing steel operations can be modeled as well as some of the plant's internal mo...
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  Layout: The Bronx in a Basement

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  Layout: The Bronx in a Basement By Frank Joyce This is a layout built by Frank Joyce. See Modeling Memories of the Bronx part I & II for a more detailed explanations. The layout is 9’ x 10’ with two tracks on the lower level. 15” cu...
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  Part II: Modeling Memories of the Bronx

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  Part II: Modeling Memories of the Bronx By Frank Joyce  This is part II of a two-part series written by Frank Joyce as he builds landmarks and memories from his childhood in New York City. Look for the finished layout. My next project was a 1&rs...
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  Part I: Modeling Memories of the Bronx

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  Part I: Modeling Memories of the Bronx By Frank Joyce This is part I of a two-part series written by Frank Joyce as he builds landmarks and memories from his childhood in New York City. Look for the finished layout. In my case, it wasn’t a trai...
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  Dave and Shirley Rowe’s HO Scale Exebridge Quay

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  By Dave and Shirley Rowe Drawings by Dave Rowe Photographs by Brian Monaghan and Barry Norman This HO scale 4x9-foot module is set in England in 1845, but the structures are similar to those all along the eastern seaboard of the United States, includ...
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  West End: Stuart Leuthner’s HO Scale Design Preservation Models Diorama

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  By Stuart Leuthner Photos by Mark Archer You can duplicate this city scene with out-of-the-package and simply modified kits from Design Preservation Models. Take a good look at the arrangement of the buildings. It’s the variation in the angles, p...