Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine August 2023

FEATURES:

• Texas Northern Model Railroad Club • by Dan Munson — Long main line runs are balanced with local switching on this HO scale club layout.
• Detailing a DL&W Scale Test Car • by William E. Botkin — A one-evening project to add fine details to an unusual company service car in HO.
• Pullman-Standard 60’ Boxcar • by James Kinkaid — Boxcars for breakfast cereal (and sometimes steel and paper products, too)
• Scratchbuild a Gambrel Roof Barn • by Patrick Lawson — Cut your own scale lumber to make a convincing model of this rural structure.
• Backdating Los Angeles Junction • by Lance Mindheim — Inspired by the prototype, this compact shelf layout was backdated to the 1960s.
• Overhead Illusions • by Trevor Marshall — A workable, reversible compromise for an operating traction layout.