Model Railroad Layouts in July 2024 Trackside MR Digital Download
Modeling High-Lead Logging with a Spar Pole
This feature explores the history of the spar pole in logging and ways that it can be modeled to make your layout more interesting. Examples are shown from multiple layouts modeling spar poles, as well as with historical photos.
Slow Orders and Defects in Operations
Make your operations more interesting by randomizing different types of defects and slow orders. We give examples of defects you can add to keep your crew on its toes.
Scratch-Build Wire Trees
Scratch-build your own trees using wire. This project is completed in HO scale but can be applied to other scales. We share each step in detail with a photograph to illustrate it.
Stan Oxendahl’s O Scale Layout

Bill Scheef’s S Scale Layout










June 2022 AT&SF Howard Branch & the Washington Northern RR, both in HO
December 2023 Washington State Short Line Through the Years
July 2023 Stepping into Colorado on the RGS Second District in Sn3
May 2025 Museum Quality HO Scale Cajon Summit Layout
August 2025 Freelanced Railroad Works the Mountain States in HO
July 2025 Jointly-Owned D&RGW and BN Short Line Serves Coors in Colorado in HO
September 2019 Burlington Northern's Woodinville Sub and the Freelanced Wall to Wall, Both in HO
September 2020 Narrow Gauge Shortline Serves the Rural Paradox Valley in On30 and Backdrop Scenes that Can Visually Extend Your Layout
August 2020 Bitterroot Lines in HO Scale and Details that Create a Story
August 2022 Evergreen Railroad Modelers in HO Scale
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