White River Productions - Railroad Model Craftsman, January 2025 - Magazine - Allagash

White River Productions - Railroad Model Craftsman, January 2025 - Magazine - Allagash

Features:

Allagash Railway: Part 1 • by BROOK BENTZ — It’s 1982 in Western Maine on Mike Confalone’s proto-freelanced HO layout.

Pullman-Standard
 PS-2 2700cf Covered Hoppers • by JAMES KINKAID — Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio rostered these unique PS-2 covered hoppers.

Add a Gallows Frame to an Atlas Turntable • by ROBERT SCHLEICHER — An easy method to create a realistic early turntable for small steam engines.

Build a Multi-Gauge Test Track • by TREVOR MARSHALL — Make yourself a proper place to program and troubleshoot your locomotives. 

Building Clubine Mill in S Scale • by JIM MARTIN — Inspired by an old RMC plan from 1982, this structure uses foamcore and paper textures.

Realistic Kansas Street Running • by CRAIG CHANDLER — How to model streets so textured you can almost smell them on a hot day.

Departments:

Safety Valve — Letters from our readers

Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong

Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products

Rail Books  — The Vintage Steam Locomotive Handbook/review by George Riley

Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers

Perspective  —  In Praise of ‘Stick Season’/Otto M. Vondrak

Branch Line on a Shelf  — Building a Sara Lee Bakery/Scott Thornton

Painting & Weathering  — Central Vermont Alco Switchers/George Dutka

Diverging Points —  What About Tariffs?/Jason Shron

Editor's Notebook  — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak

Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers