RMC Extra Board
Welcome to Craftsman Extra Board! This section is updated periodically with short features contributed by our readers, as well as some recent favorites straight from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman. Check back as we continue to add new articles!
November 18, 2022
Ken McCorry’s Penn Central Buffalo Line
Penn Central-era operations on the Buffalo Line over Keating Summit are represented on this barn-sized HO scale empire.
November 18, 2022
Steve Mallery’s PRR Buffalo Line
Steve Mallery’s layout captures late-era Pennsylvania Railroad operations from Harrisburg over Keating Summit to Buffalo in HO scale.
October 21, 2022
Buffalo Creek & Gauley in S Scale: Summer of ’64
We head trackside to an iconic Appalachian coal-hauling short line, accurately modeled in S scale.
October 15, 2022
Building Signals for the Lackawanna in HO
Scratchbuilding distinctive wayside signals found along the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western main line in HO.
September 15, 2022
Welcome to Cass County
Grain, feed, and fertilizer are the lifelines of Tom Johnson’s freelanced HO scale short line set in northern Indiana in the late 1970s.
September 14, 2022
Yakima Valley Traction Steeple Cab No. 298
Commercial parts and Stanton drives combined to create a unique HO electric freight motor that served Yakima Valley Traction through the 1980s.
August 22, 2022
Let’s Run Trains: James EuDaly’s Chesapeake & Ohio
It’s 1949 on James EuDaly’s O scale Chesapeake & Ohio centered around Hinton, W.Va., hosting a busy schedule of freight and passenger trains, as well as turning and servicing locomotives for their next run.
August 22, 2022
Capturing the Trackside Perspective
Lance Mindheim shares simple ideas and techniques to capture the excitement of being trackside on your model railroad.
July 25, 2022
Richard Rands’ On30 Mineral & Southfork Railway
This freelanced O scale narrow gauge layout is inspired by the mining history of Alaska, and will be featured as part of the home layout tours during the 2022 NMRA National Convention in St. Louis.
July 25, 2022
DCC Sound Upgrades for Brass Steam
How to upgrade old imported brass steam locomotive models with improved DCC sound and keep-alive circuits.
