Current Issue

November/December 2026

Volume 52, No. 5

Special Feature

The Ross Straddle Carrier
History, Research, and Building a 1:24 Scale Model — Ede Biro

Features

Introducing the Grand Junk Railroad
Converting an HOn30 Diorama into a Mini-layout — Sam Swanson

Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure
No. 9: Auto-baggage — Rob Bell

The Baldwin Locomotives of the Oahu Railway and Land Company
Part One — Jeff Livingston

A Narrow Gauge Flanger
Scratchbuilding Southern Pacific 108 in HOn3 — Steve Bradley

Building Sn3 Rail and Tie Car No. 06084 from a Tomalco Wood Flatcar Kit
Revising a classic kit for MOW service — Dale Smith

Modeling the West Side Lumber Company Boiler House, Part 2
Finishing the boiler house build with piping, roof trusses, siding and roof — Larry Tidball

Think Like A Bridge
A “just do it” structure inspired by D&RGW’s Lake City Branch — Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR

Scenery Series
Static Grass Meadows — Craig Symington, MMR

Plans

Narrow Gauge Cousins
30-foot Narrow Gauge Boxcars Built At The Turn Of The 20th Century — Robert Stears

Spanish Colonial Block Building
Based on a Building in Gilroy, California — Gary Caviglia

50-51 C&S 1116 and RGS 2102
Refrigerator Cars — Robert Stears

Oahu Railway & Land Co. No. 6 KAUILA — David Fletcher

Departments

Chris’ Corner — 46th National Narrow Gauge Convention Wrap-up

Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor

New in Review — Model reviews

Gallery — 46th National Narrow Gauge Convention Contest Winners