How to Operate Your Model Railroad gives you 34 operator-focused stories from the last 10 years of Model Railroader magazine. You’ll learn to route your freight cars, develop realistic freight yard operation, replicate passenger terminal operations (including a great track plan!) and understand the roles of the engineer, dispatcher and yardmaster.

Model Railroader’s Best of Scenery is a new 164-page special issue. Build the best scenery yet with the most up-to-date techniques from today’s best builders including Mike Danneman, Pelle Søeborg, David Popp, Cody Grivno, Steve Otte, Gerry Leone, Paul Dolkos, and many more! This comprehensive collection includes 33 detailed projects to make your layout more realistic. Plus, profiles of three exceptional layouts!

Discover how-to stories, behind the scenes information and timely modeling techniques all in this 84-page special issue. This special issue covers: - A Roadmap to Signature Scenes: Popular Model Railroader author Tony Koester shares some of his tips for planning realistic model railroads. - Digital Command Control Consisting Guidebook: Dana Kawala provides a step-by-step guide to consisting (running locomotives grouped together) using many of the

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