NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024: Keith Pashina presents a revolutionary idea for small scale narrow gauges: Battery power on board, otherwise known as “Dead Rail.” Craig Symington also shows you how to add realistic cotton wood trees to your layout and Dan Quine describes, with plans, the locomotives of the Yellow Aster Gold Mine. On3 modelers will enjoy Shoji Sakamoto’s Red Mountain Branch as he modeled it in far away Japan, and Gregg Condon makes the case for adding some sheep on the track. We also showcase the top award-winning models at the 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention! All this and more in the November/December 2024 issue of Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette!
Radio Control for HOn30: A Simple Approach
On-board battery power for model trains, also known as “Dead Rail,” is easy to implement in small scales, thanks to improved electronics.
Locomotives Of The White Pass & Yukon Route, Part 17: Shop Switchers
A review of the various small locomotives that were used to move equipment around the White Pass shops at Skagway over the years.
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.
Carolina Craftsman Kits Hamilton Storefront in HO Scale
Building this storefront from Carolina Craftsman Kits is a most satisfying exercise that creates a distinctive HO scale commercial building as a result.
Remembering Gordon “Gordy” Cannon
Before launching his line of Cannon & Co. diesel parts, Gordon “Gordy” Cannon founded Cannon Scale Models to make O scale craftsman kits.
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