Price: Direct current without sound — Three-car set (two powered cab cars, one unpowered intermediate car), $699.95; two-cab set (both cab cars powered), $519.90; and single cab (powered), $259.95.

Tour the Pennsylvania & Western RR, Bob Bartizek’s impressive O scale (1:48, 3-rail) model railroad representing a fictional subdivision of the Pennsylvania RR in western Pennsylvania between 1949 and ...

Chicago has always had a plethora of terminal railroads. Many have come and gone, but a handful with historical roots dating to the late 19th Century are still active today, and vital to keeping the ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, Chrystia Freeland, will hold a summit on Canadian manufacture of rail and ferry equipment on Sept. 2, 2025, Transport Canada has ...

My HO scale layout is based on Gordon Odegard’s track plan for the Bedford Valley RR, as found in the November 1986 issue of Model Railroader. My version of the layout fits in a 11’ 6” x 24’ 6” foot ...

Grade crossings you can model are scene enhancers that you should consider adding to your list of projects. “Why a grade crossing?” you may ask. “I’d rather work on a locomotive, freight car, ...

A couple of Monon diesels occupy the diamond at Linden, Ind., on Tony Koester’s HO scale Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Division. Thanks to a kit offered by the Monon Historical Society, Tony was able to ...

We didn’t have room to publish all the photos from Eric Brooman’s spectacular HO scale Utah Belt, featured in the December 2018 Model Railroader. Check out these bonus trackside images. Westbound ...

Bachmann Trains’ GP30 is now part of the Sound Value line of dual-mode Digital Command Control (DCC)-equipped locomotives. This model was first reviewed by now-retired senior editor Jim Hediger in the ...

Comments: Nothing says modern America like fast food, and now you can have a contemporary burger joint on your HO scale layout. Jack in the Box is a laser-milled styrene structure kit that includes ...

The National Train Show was held in conjunction with the National Model Railroad Association national convention in Detroit, Mich., July 27-29, 2007. Below are some of the new items we saw at the show ...

The National Train Show is being held in conjunction with the National Model Railroad Association national convention in Detroit, Mich., July 27-29, 2007. Below are some of the new products being ...