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  A Ride on the North Shore Division

  December 5, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,763 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Art Fahie Photos by the author Two Athearn locos lay over at Hunterspoint. Both have been re-geared with Ernst components and painted with Polly-Scale paint. The road is made of spackle, applied over foam board. YOU DON'T HAVE TO B...
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  Red Fox Lumber Company

  November 17, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 3,044 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by PAUL TEMPLAR PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR The passenger/freight depot at Red Fox is the main tourist attraction for photographers. Well folks, this is my very last HO model railroad. I have now gone into On30. I made this decision a few mo...
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  Dog Tooth Mountain Railroad

  October 11, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 3,331 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Richard Vye Photos by the author At the crack of dawn, a sleepy No. 4 American class locomotive is coaxed from its engine house stall toward the first step in her daily journey the turntable. Her two ten-wheeler cousins will be next. ...
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  A Penn Central Locomotive in O Scale

  September 20, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,857 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by Jim Teese, MMR Photos by the author The genesis of this engine goes back quite a ways. In the mid-1970s I was working for Bell Helicopter in Iran and building a few HO models in my free time. I saw an ad from AHM in Model Railroader...
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  Edward Laity's Valley and Tekoa Railroad

  September 8, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,140 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  by David Butts Photos by the author A freight train exits a mountain tunnel next to the village of Ophir. A "model railroader since 1944" - how many modelers can say that they have been in the hobby for over 60 years? As a life member o...
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  The Chicago and North Western Steam Specials Remembered

  Invalid date - posted by Mark Preussler - 4,079 views - 0 comments - 1 like

  By: Mark Preussler, MMR The Chicago and North Western (CNW) railroad was a proud line. They were the only major employee owned railroad of recent memory and although CNW employees eventually lost their status as majority owners, the railroad continued ...
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  Visit the Colorful Conway Scenic Line: Rich fall colors make the train trip special

  Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,210 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  By Don Heimburger  Where can you combine rich train history and rich, natural fall colors? The Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire, of course! With the winter months right around the railroad bend, you'll want to get out and see...