Current Issue

July/August 2026

Volume 52, No. 3

Special Feature

The Tall Pine Lumber Company Car Shop
My version of the West Side Lumber Co. shops. — Chuck Lind

Features

Let There Be Lots Of Lights
LED lighting, sound and animations are highlights on John Niemeyer’s HOn3 layout. — Mike Engler, MMR

A Track Scale For Silverton
Multi-year research leads to a model of an overlooked part of Silverton. — Jon Walden Cox

Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure
No. 7: Modeling Switcher No. 3, Part 2 — Rob Bell

Early Cog Railway Locomotives, Part 2
No. 7 on the Rigibahn in Switzerland. — Adrian Garner

An HOn3 Cog Railway Locomotive
Building a Baldwin style cog locomotive with 3D and laser-cut parts. — Chris Thompson

Moving Mountains
How do you move a monster On3 layout? One piece at a time! — Jeff Ferguson

Build A Crew Call Board
A simple way to assign trains and crews for an OPS session. — Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR

Highway 145 Bridge
The missing piece of building old Placerville. — Craig Symington, MMR

The Narrow Gauge Scene
All Things Must Pass — Charlie Getz

Plans

Colorado & Southern Ry., St. Charles Refrigerator Cars — Robert Stears

Mount Washington Cog Railway Locomotive No. 7 And Component Drawings — Adrian Garner

West Side Lumber Co. Dump Car and Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Water Tank Car No. 61 — Herman Darr

White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-0 No. 69 — David Fletcher

Spanish Colonial Block Buildings — Gary Caviglia

Tallulah Falls Railway Caboose 0-5 — Tom Yorke

Departments

Chris’s Corner — Odds And Ends

Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor.

New in Review — Model reviews.

Book Reviews