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!
December 8, 2021
Diesel Variety at Staten Island’s Arlington Yard
This detailed micro-layout depicts Baltimore & Ohio’s busy diesel terminal and engine house on Staten Island in HO scale.
December 8, 2021
Christmas Trees Shipped by Rail
Shipping Christmas trees by rail was once a very lucrative seasonal business, and can be easily modeled in almost any location or era.
October 21, 2021
The N Scale Southern Alberta Rail
This modern freelanced N scale layout features the dramatic crossing of Crowsnest Pass in Alberta and British Columbia.
October 21, 2021
Model a Modern Buffer Car
Just like the real railroads, you can take retired covered hoppers and convert them into modern buffer cars for your unit tank trains.
September 21, 2021
The N Scale Oregon Joint Line
Great Northern and Northern Pacific team up to haul heavy traffic over a proto-freelanced joint line operation through Eastern Oregon in 1969.
September 21, 2021
Make Your Own Flashing EOT
Why not add flashing removable end-of-train (EOT) devices to several of your modern freight cars? It’s not as difficult as you may think.
August 18, 2021
CP Rail in Vermont (in a Basement)
From a young railfan’s perspective, Alco/MLW and EMD diesels in several paint schemes running against beautiful lush green backdrops were enough to hook the author into a lifelong passion for railroads of the Green Mountain State.
August 18, 2021
Barge Operations on Your Layout
Just about any place where railroads met the water’s edge was an opportunity to move freight cars by barge. Why not add carefloat operations to your model railroad?
July 26, 2021
Rush Hour at St. Martins: PRR and SEPTA Commuter Action
An Australian modeler recreates exciting Pennsylvania Railroad (and SEPTA) electric commuter train action on a shelf layout built in a spare bedroom.
July 26, 2021
Detail and Upgrade a Conrail NW2 in HO
Scott Lupia takes a stock Walthers EMD NW2 and details it to match a member of Conrail’s classic fleet of switchers from the early 1990s.
