JUNE 2024: While Detroit, Toledo & Ironton faded into the history books in 1983, Shaun Guzman-Thacker has revived this interesting Midwestern line as a modern regional railroad in HO scale. James Kinkaid returns with scale drawings of Northern Pacific drop-bottom gondolas, while Andrew Castle upgrades and weathers a former Algoma Central SD40-2. Trevor Marshall models an interesting lineside mill in S scale, while Andrew Nelson demonstrates his techniques for building strong, modular benchwork for multi-deck layouts. All this and more in the June issue of Railroad Model Craftsman!
Class One Model Works Releases HO Scale Wheel Racks
Now available from Class One Model Works are pre painted fully finished HO scale wheel racks designed to fit atop either 50-foot or 60-foot long flatcars.
The Modern Detroit, Toledo & Ironton in HO Scale
Reimagining this classic favorite fallen flag as a modern regional railroad in HO scale.
Upgrade and Weather an Algoma Central SD40-2
These former Algoma Central units were patched and put to work by new owner Wisconsin Central in 1995.
Bar Mills Over-Nighter Series Kits
Bar Mills Scale Model Works has taken the classic laser-cut kit and combined with modern printing techniques to develop an easy-to-assemble series of structure kits.
Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD59M-2/SD59MX
Athearn has completely reengineered its Genesis SD60M models from the wheels up with a higher level of detail and a host of other improvements.
Fathers, Sons, and Trains
How many of our model railroading stories begin with attributing our love of trains to a helping hand from our fathers?