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!
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.
June 17, 2021
Cumberland West: B&O and Western Maryland in HO
This expansive HO scale layout combines Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland Railway operations around Cumberland, Md., in 1953.
June 17, 2021
North Conway, New Hampshire: A Model Terminal
This small terminal on Boston & Maine’s Conway Branch in New Hamphire has many features attractive to model railroaders.
May 19, 2021
Southern Pacific Shasta Route in HO
Southern Pacific’s Shasta Route from Redding to Klamath Falls, Calif., on a detailed HO scale layout designed by John Armstrong.
May 19, 2021
Illinois Tech Club Expands
Illinois Tech’s HO scale Kingsbury Branch is a 28-square-foot module showcasing urban industrial switching scenes set in the city of Chicago.
April 15, 2021
Mid-Century on the Boston & Albany
Chuck Oraftik models New York Central’s Boston & Albany Division crossing the mighty Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts in HO scale.
April 15, 2021
Build an Amtrak Pacific Parlour Car in HO
These former Santa Fe Budd Hi-Level lounge cars were rebuilt as Pacific Parlour cars in the 1990s and assigned to Amtrak’s Coast Starlight until 2018.
