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Street Run and Done

On Saturday, June 3, the last true street-running freight line in the city made what was probably its final revenue run after 128 years in service. The train moved down the middle of Commerce Street on an alignment built by the Houston Belt & Magnolia Park Railway in 1889. The last train marked the end, at least this chapter, of a line known for many stops and starts. However, the line and its wide range of cars can live on through a simple model railroad switching layout.

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Part 4: Ops on the Sedalia

In the final installment of our series, “Operations on the Sedalia Sub,” we get to the fun part – running trains! After laying track and deciding on an operating scheme, Pat Hiatte refined operations and identified defects by opening the layout to friends.
Matter of perspective

Pete Leach solved a space problem on his O-scale layout through creating the illusion of distance by scaling down the background. Leach, a former N-scaler, shows how he incorporated the concept of forced perspective into a layout based on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington.
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Once a bustling railroad town with five freight and passenger trains in and out each day, Caronam KS, is now a burg with scarce traffic and just a few small houses. But the town draws thousands of visitors a year. They come because they love trains, and because a group of enthusiastic volunteers are doing all they can to preserve railroad history.
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Railroad in Focus: The Class III Newburgh & South Shore rocks in Cleveland’s Industrial center.
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An important if obscure railroad technology has been made accessible to the public with the completion of a three-year restoration of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy dynamometer car No. 30 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. It is now a featured exhibit in NRM’s Lenfestey Center.
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The Crescent City Model Railroad Club in New Orleans is featured in the January/February 2017 issue.
Railroad in Focus

Cowcatcher Magazine routinely features short lines and regional railroads that roam the Midwest and Southwest. Features include color photographs and maps, but an overview of operations and latest business trends.