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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026: In this issue, Dan Quine discusses the two-foot gauge railroads that were in operation at Searles Lake in California between 1917 to 1930. Scott McLeod tells about bridging the Los Animas River on his HOn3 Rio Grande Southern layout that will be open for the 2026 Narrow Gauge Convention. Sam Swanson tells how he built his award winning Square Footer for the 2025 Convention. Rob Bell continues his series on his White Pass & Yukon Route layout with building his 15c Trestle, while Dave Adams, MMR, continues his series on his On3 Chama Roundhouse. Bill Busacca describes how 3 different Sn3 modelers could combine their layouts to replicate the Reconstruction Finance Corporation’s tour of the Rio Grande Southern in 1938. All this and more in the January/February issue of Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette!!

Current Issue

January/February 2026

Volume 52, No. 1

Special Feature

The 2-foot Gauge Railroads At Searles Lake
Part 1: The Railroads — by Dan Quine 

Features

Bridging The Las Animas River On My HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Layout
Open At The 46th National Narrow Gauge Convention — by Scott McLeod

Building A Square Footer Junkyard
A First Place Award Winner At The 45th National
Narrow Gauge Convention — by Sam Swanson

Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure
Part 4: Bridging A Gap—The Model — by Rob Bell

My Chama Roundhouse
Part 2: The Last Big Structure For The On3 Durlin Branch — by Dave Adams, MMR

Saving The Rio Grande Southern—Then And Now
Recreating History In Sn3 — by Bill Busacca  

The Great Convertible Layout!
Switch — by Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR

Static Grass Wrap Up 
Part 1: Shared Experiences — by Craig Symington, MMR

The Narrow Gauge Scene 
The Pioneers Of Narrow Gauge Modeling — by Charlie Getz

Plans

Narrow Gauge Cousins
Bobber Cabooses Operating in the Early 20th Century — by Robert Stears 

Commercial Building Entrances — by Gary Caviglia

D&RGW Water Tank — by Chris Lane

50-ton Steel Mill Switcher from the 2005 Tom Yorke Workbook — by Tom Yorke

Bells Gap Railroad No. 3 — by David Fletcher

74-75 The Como Car Shop — by Chris Lane

Diamond & Caldor Railway Lumber Service Skeleton Car 33 — by Herman Darr

Diamond & Caldor Railway Log Flatcar Numbers 241 and 243 — by Herman Darr

Departments

Robert’s Ramblings • by Bob Brown, Editor

Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor

In Brief — Small announcements, new items, and corrections

New in Review — Model reviews

Book Reviews

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