Mount Hood Railroad in HO Scale This month we visit a freelanced pike that travels through the Cascade Mountains, the High Desert, the Blue Mountains, and the Palouse to connect Portland, Oregon and Spokane, Washington. The railroad has an interesting story and hauls quite a variety of freight with an emphasis on logs [...]
Be sure to read this months magazine, we have a special feature this month that is time limited. Great Northern Cascade Modelers' Layout in HO Scale: Follow the GN as it crosses Stevens Pass over the Cascades Railfan the Wenatchee Valley Museum layout in HD Video. Disasterville in HO Scale: Watch for [...]
Northern Pacific & Stampede Railway in N Scale Our second layout tour this month is Mike McGee’s freelanced Northern Pacific & Stampede Pass, also in N scale. The layout models Lester, Washington at Stampede Pass in the Cascade Mountains. It is based on the Northern Pacific in the summer of 1969. [...]
Columbia River Gorge Model Railroad in N Scale Visit the Columbia River N Scale Club’s layout modeling the Columbia River Gorge with us this month. The layout includes parts of the BNSF main line in Washington and the Union Pacific main line in Oregon and features beautiful scenes along the river. [...]
Spokane Train Show 2018 Free-Mo HO Scale Club We were at the Spokane Train show last weekend and thanks to Joe we were able to place our 360 VR car on his Chessie System manifest while it ran around the local Free-Mo club. Follow the model train on the club [...]
March 2018 Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine The two layout features this March are: Columbia River Club Modeling the Columbia River Gorge in N Scale Mike McGee's Northern Pacific & Stampede Railway in N Scale Order Download or DVD N Scale Club Layout N Scale NP & Stampede Natural [...]
Columbia Gorge Lines Model Railroad in HO Scale We toured the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge Lines last April. This month, come see the Washington side of the 60x70 foot layout. In this feature, we focus on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway in the 1950s and have included a [...]
Stoney Creek Southern Railroad in On30 Visit WWII-era northeastern Tennessee on Lee Bishop’s Stoney Creek Southern Railroad in On30. The freelanced layout is based on a mythical version of history and has ties to the area’s history. It runs East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad power, hauling commuters from Elizabethton [...]
Camas Prairie Railroad in HO scale The Camas Prairie Railroad operated in northern Idaho and was jointly owned by the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroads. We feature a freelanced version of it this month built in HO scale by the Lewis-Clark Model Railroad Club of Lewiston, Idaho. The club is [...]
