Model Railroader - Magazine - Vol. 88 - Issue 10 - October 2021

• Vol. 88
• Issue: 10
• Release: October 2021
• Series: Model Railroader
• Publisher: Kalmbach

Features:

BLUE SIGNALS TO PROTECT WORKERS
Make operations on your railroad more realistic with commercial and scratchbuilt flags

BACK TO 1940S BROOKLYN IN N SCALE
Model railroaders hate to see potential layout space go to waste

A SIMPLY SATISFYING SANTA FE SHORT LINE
A small switching layout fulfills a ­childhood dream

HIDDEN EPOXY RIVER RAILROAD
One modeler’s creative, space-saving solution

ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
No room for a railroad? Think again

NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12
Hobby industry news

ASK MR, pg. 18
Which way should rotary-dump gons face?

RAILWAY POST OFFICE, pg. 24
Letters from our readers

REHAB MY RAILROAD, pg. 26
Upgrading the MR&T with Walthers’ new turnouts

DCC CORNER, pg. 54
Advanced automatic reversing controllers

PRODUCT REVIEWS, pg. 56
Rapido HO scale EMD SW1200, General Electric U23B in HO from Atlas, and more

ON OPERATION, pg. 62
Tower mysteries revealed

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 64

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
The portal that led to paradise

Overview:

Model Railroader has been the leading model train magazine for the past 75 years.  Each month, we bring you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of model train layouts, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts and much more!