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Center Stage

Telling tales, some of them tall, is nothing new on the Vida Division, Dean Smith’s HOn3 tribute to the former standard- and narrow-gauge ET&WNC. The railroad, situated in 1925 between Johnson City, TN, and Boone, NC, is an open book to model railroad mastery and imagination. Smith has parlayed his advanced modeling skills into a museum-quality, proto-lance rendition of a railroad in the same spirit that enabled the actual short line to become an integral part of mountain life in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. True to the prototype, Smith’s ET&WNC is more than just a model railroad.

Grain Union

Two of the largest agribusinesses are working on a merger. A union between Bunge and Viterra would rival larger grain competitors by creating a company with an estimated value of $34 billion, according to industry insiders.The merger is subject to regulatory approvals.

Product Review

The large tire load on Micro-Trains' new N-scale NOKL bulkhead flat car is a good fit in more ways than one.

Plus

Six Flags New England guests got a taste of model railroading over the summer, thanks to the Amherst Railway Society. After a month of operation, Amtrak's new daily run between St. Paul and Chicago met expectations, and Amtrak is on pace for all-time ridership. The Wabash Cannon Ball asks one question: What came first, the train or the song? Pat Hiatte reveals all in another chapter of the Golden Age of Travel. And more!