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!
July 16, 2025
Florida’s First Coast Railroad in HO Scale
Tour a modern Genesee & Wyoming short line operation set along Florida’s scenic northern coast in HO scale.
July 16, 2025
Hemlock Hill: Building an On30 Micro Layout
Develop skills by building a small O scale narrow gauge layout full of scenic detail.
June 19, 2025
Mike Burgett’s Chesapeake & Ohio James River and Alleghany Subdivisions
Follow along on a typical day on Mike Burgett’s HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio, built for operations as they were in 1965.
June 19, 2025
Kitbashed 1980s Weed Sprayer
Using simple kitbashing techniques to create a weed spraying train in HO that once serviced the Soo Line in the 1980s.
May 15, 2025
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.
May 15, 2025
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.
April 15, 2025
New Baltimore & Fair Haven
We visit a beautiful freelanced HO scale layout set in the Michigan Great Lakes region in the late 1920s.
April 15, 2025
Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto 17: Build an Electric Loco in Brass
Using “old school” methods like resistance soldering to assemble a unique brass model in S scale.
March 15, 2025
Pete Hall’s Southern Pacific Coast Line in HO Scale
Modeling 1950s California Coast Division operations between San Francisco and San Luis Obispo on a large HO layout.
March 15, 2025
Install an Animated Grade Crossing
Follow these simple steps to add a realistic animated grade crossing to the HO scale Conrail Onondaga Cutoff.
