The GNRR crew discusses their options after reaching the end of the line. Eventually we all reach the end of the line. In my case, this...

Louisville & Nashville locomotive number 231, a Pacific 4-6-2, pulls a passenger train over the Toccoa River on a through truss bridge on...

Perry Lamb and his Utah, Colorado & Western model railroad. Last month I had the opportunity to visit Perry Lamb’s Utah, Colorado &...

The First Coast Railroad crew switches the Nassau Terminals warehouse on Kinzer Hurt's layout. Photo by Kinzer Hurt This month I hosted...

The C&NW locomotive facility is a hub of activity on Steve Mann's layout. When I was visiting the Colorado Model Railroad Museum I met...

An overview of the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. On the right is Gearhart Mountain, and in the background is the last operational...

A D&H through freight rumbles across a bridge on Justin Jankauskas' D&H Penn Division layout. This month we’ll tour Justin Jankauskas’...

The paper mill turn job crosses a short bridge near the town of Klein on Robert Meyer's Southern Railway's Phlatt River Branch....

Continuing our tour of layouts I have visited in the past few months, we’ll take a look at George Thomas’ Southern Pacific (SP) layout,...

This month we’ll take a look at John Rieken’s Transcon Four layout. John’s large double deck layout, approximately 36’ X 53’, and...

L&N locomotive 4501, an EMD SD38-2, rounds a curve behind the barn on Pelle Soeborg's layout, now located at ScaleTrains in Tennessee. In...

This month I had the opportunity to visit Stephen Floyd and see his new Southern Railway Sylvania Branch model railroad. This new layout...

The November 2023 issue of Model Railroader features my article, Light up the night, on adding lights to your layout. The article covers...

Just like when building a house, you need a firm foundation when you are building your model railroad layout. In model railroading our...

This month I had the opportunity to visit Tim Garland and see his new Seaboard Central layout. Tim recently moved, and is building a new...

This month marks the tenth anniversary of my Georgia Northeastern model railroad. It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since...

A trip to Gainesville, Georgia gave me the opportunity to do a little rail fanning around the Pilgrim’s Pride Feed Mill. I had seen the...

After receiving a General Manager's Notice that the grade crossing signals are out of service at Sawyer Road, a crew member flags the...

Transload facilities are the modern era version of a team track. The facilities can range from very small operations on a single siding,...

The Tate Depot has a new lease on life after being moved and refurbished. Tate, Georgia was developed as a company town for the Georgia...