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100 Years: The New York Society of Model Engineers
Celebrate a century of O scale excellence with a look inside the New York Society of Model Engineers, one of the nation’s oldest and most influential model railroad clubs.
Scratchbuilt Tugboat for Harbor Scenes
This method for building a waterline model of an early steam-powered tugboat can be applied to similar models to add interest to your harbor scenes.
Bay State Model Railroad Museum
In its current location since 1979, this expansive club layout features extensive railroad and electric traction operations in both urban and suburban settings.
Return to the Cumberland Valley: PRR and N&W Southern Division
This detailed transition era O scale model railroad is inspired by Pennsylvania Railroad and Norfolk & Western routes between Roanoke, Va., and Hagerstown, Md.
Operations Notebook 1: Buckeye Through Freight
We follow through freight Train 401 as it works it away across the Buckeye Railroad from Monongahela Yard east of Pittsburgh to Gateway Yard in Youngstown, Ohio.
Modeling the “H” Fixture
Getting the details right on an electrical cable crossing alongside the Pennsylania Railroad at the Ohio River.
Breathing New Life into an Old Plasticville Structure
East steps to upgrade the Bachmann Plasticville Suburban Station into a detailed scale model for your railroad.
Heavyweight Passenger Cars — Part 4: Walthers
Part 4 in a series documenting early O scale heavyweight passenger car builders, covering the kits produced by Wm. K. Walthers.
We Hold You Up While Others Let You Down! Scratchbuilding a Small Commercial Structure
Simple techniques for scratchbuilding a small commercial structure in O scale using clapboard siding and castings for windows and doors.
Scratchbuilding A Wooden Gondola
A scratchbuilt wood-body gondola using modern methods built off plans from an old Simpson Models kit from the 1960s.
