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North America's leading train magazine for over 80 years.
Almost 200 years of mail by rail to be discontinued
Neighboring states team up to build a transformational new corridor
Moving freight on the 185-mile Port Terminal Railroad Association in Houston
Providing expert modeling content you can trust for over 85 years.
These functional details add visual interest to a model railroad
This late 1940s Monon layout is based on the railroad’s Fourth Subdivision
As it turns 90 years old, the “in- between scale” has numerous overlooked advantages
Your most trusted resource for toy train collecting and operating.
By Craig Fuller
Tips for making your own trees
Tom Kaiser celebrates his family’s railroad in O gauge
Celebrating the "golden years of railroading."
By Craig Fuller
Intermodal shifted the Class I paradigm — Santa Fe style
They weren’t pretty, but they could pull like crazy
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