I am a sucker for “interesting” motive power and rolling stock. Here's how I scratchbuilt an HO scale model of a chlorine railroad car....

Our round-robin railroad group has been working on large 3-rail “O” gauge layout. It has a long (about 8 feet) grade that climbs to cross over a river bridge and mostly parallels an edge of the layout - leaving a problem for the scenery along the edge. We decided to build a Styrofoam ...

The Spring 2012 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

Scratch-building a working HO scale model of a BC&G 1921 Mack Model AC Railbus....

In 1946, four class P-7 Pacifics were streamlined at the B&O Mt. Claire shops for service as P-7d’s on the Cincinnatian train operating between Baltimore and Cincinnati. A brass model has been imported, but since it is beyond my engine budget I choose to build one. This article chroni...

Scratch-building an HO scale model of a stone arch viaduct using plaster and a latex rubber mold....

The Summer 2010 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

text and photo by Dave Roeder, MMR The NMRA achievement program has a requirement that the applicant build a total of eight pieces of rolling stock. Four of these must be scratch built according to the regulations as written. The other four must be super detailed (also according to th...

The Spring 2006 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, the RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....

Inexpensive model railroad scenery tips and tricks....

Although the cost of the materials is small, you can produce a very believable searchlight signal with these simple parts....