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Product Review: MAC Rail EOT Devices

Product Review: Rapido Lightweight Dining Car

Product Review: Grain Belt Models Bins and Culverts

Product Review: Walthers Modern Yard Office

Product Review: PIKO SmartControl light

Product Review – Walthers Switch Machine

Product Review – InterMountain ET44AC GEVO

Product Review: InterMountain N-scale hoppers

Print Edition Reviews

Athearn HO-Scale ACF 2970 Texas & Pacific Center Flow Hopper – September/October 2007

Atlas GP30 – July/August 2008

Athearn HO-Scale GP38-2 – March/April 2013

ScaleTrains HO-Scale UP GTEL “Big Blow” Turbine – November/December 2016

ScaleTrains’ HO-Scale UP “Big Blow” *– Courtesy ScaleTrains*

Kato Sound Box DC Control System – May/June 2015

InterMountain N-Scale SD40-2 – May/June 2017

InterMountain HO-Scale GP10 Paducah – September/October 2017

Walthers HO-Scale Modern Yard Office – November/December 2019

January/February 2021
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Vintage Essential

The signature McKinney Avenue Trolley in Dallas is racking up some impressive ridership numbers amid the pandemic, though still operating at half capacity. In recent years, the trolley has transformed from a nostalgic ride through Uptown Dallas, one of the city’s most tres chic neighborhoods and business districts north of downtown, to a viable way to get around.
State of Model Railroading Survey

Model railroading has weathered lockdowns and social distancing, and emerged, by some accounts, stronger than before the pandemic began. In the Cowcatcher’s 2021 State of Model Railroading survey, readers say the hobby continues to be a good value for the price and quality, but growing model railroading is still a challenge
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The Cowcatcher’s Northwest Tarrant & Pacific is among the fraternity of short lines dependent on hand-me-downs. A LifeLike Proto 2000 Santa Fe GP38-2 recently got a down-and-dirty technology upgrade and a few creature comfort details…

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The Crossville Model Railroad Club in Crossville, TN, runs trains for the public and tells the region’s railroad history along the way…

The Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific bridge has weathered time to provide a key link across the Red River…

Encouraging signs that a vaccine could be widely distributed in the U.S. by mid-2021 is instilling hope that shows, events, conventions and attractions will get back on track. Despite a new wave of cancellations and closures in November and December, some organizations began planning events for as early as May and at least one other in January is still on tap.

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Product News & Review

MAC Rail HO EOT Devices

MAC Rail, LLC, arrives on the HO rolling stock accessories scene with affordable, efficient EOTs to designate end of trains for operations.

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The HO Grand Pacific Northwestern Railroad is spectacular, but that doesn’t begin to describe Bob Bandy’s labor of love that has spanned at least two decades. Order the November/December 2020 issue today!
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