JUNE 2025: We continue our coverage of layouts that will be part of the 2025 NMRA National Convention in Novi, Mich., this summer. This month, we follow Extra 626 West on Dan Lewis’ beautiful N scale Milwaukee Road North Montana Line. Patrick Lawson shares scale drawings of the Milwaukee Road depot in Green Bay, Wis., while Kelly Regan shares his techniques for building a coal dealer’s trestle using 3D printed parts. Lex Parker shows us how he packed up his large layout to be shipped to a new owner in Australia. All this and more in the June issue of Railroad Model Craftsman!
Model Manufacturers Speak Out Against Tariffs
Prices on models are expected to increase if President Trump’s 145% tariffs, implemented last month, remain in place.
Western Maryland Chop-Nose Diesel in S Scale
Cutting down the short hood on a Western Maryland GP9 diesel, just like the prototype. Brooks Stover shows us how he made his S scale model.
Milwaukee Road: Extra 626 West
Follow Milwaukee Road Extra 626 West on this beautiful N scale model railroad set in Northern Montana and built for operations.
HEP-Equipped E8/9As and Budd Gallery Commuter Cars from Rapido Trains
Now available from Rapido Trains are all-new highly detailed replicas of EMD E8A and E9A passenger locomotives and Budd Gallery Cars used on Chicago’s commuter lines from the 1970s until the 1990s.
Alco FA-1/FB-1 Diesels from Rapido Trains
Continuing its series of streamlined Alco diesel models, Rapido Trains is now offering highly detailed replicas of the Alco FA-1 and FB-1.
The Milwaukee Road Mystique
What draws fans to The Milwaukee Road, especially the vast territory to the Pacific Coast known as “Lines West”?
Explore the world of White River Productions
