JULY/AUGUST 2026: Chuck Lind shows us his award-winning car shops and we tour John Neimeyer’s HOn3 Colorado layout featuring animation and lighting. Also included: Part 2 of early cog locomotives; Silverton’s track scale; Part 2 of our White Pass & Yukon series; Part 1 of moving an enormous On3 layout; Gregg Condon’s crew call board; and Charlie Getz’s final “Narrow Gauge Scene.” All this and more in the July/August issue of Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette!
Highway 145 Bridge
Follow along as Craig Symington, MMR, constructs the Highway 145 through truss wooden bridge over Leopard Creek at Old Placerville, Colorado.
Early Cog Railway Locomotives, Part 2
Adrian Garner shares photos of Rigibahn No. 7 in Switzerland and his drawings for constructing a model of it.
Full Circle Models Frameless Tank Car Kit in On30
Full Circle Models presents the Van Dyke patent V-type frameless tank car kit in On30, featuring 3D printed parts.
Blunami Bluetooth DCC Decoder from SoundTraxx
The Blunami DCC decoder from Soundtraxx allows you to control your trains right from your smartphone or handheld mobile device.
Railroad to the Clouds
The Mount Lowe Railroad was a narrow gauge trolley line that for nearly 40 years twisted up Mount Lowe, near Pasadena, Calif., rising some 3,130 ft. in 5.84 miles.

















