Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette Sept/Oct 2026

Special Feature A Tale of Two Photographers One layout—two photographers and approaches. — by Marc LaChey, MMR Features Shingles Making Realistic Wood Shingles with Texture — by Bob Staat Sheep Herder’s Wagon A common conveyance in the high country. — by Ted VanPelt Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure No. 8: Modeling an East Broad Top Boxcar in HOn3 — by Rob Bell Dual Gauge Turntable for the Cease and Desist Railroad Co. More rails for more fun. — by Glenn Lapkin, MMR A Railroad Built On Sand: Traces of the Hueneme, Malibu, and Port Los Angeles Railroad An obscure private railroad almost lost to time. — by Barry Hill Moving Mountains Part 2 of moving a large finished On3 layout. — by Jeff Ferguson Modeling the West Side Lumber Company Boiler House Deep research for modeling a West Side icon, Part 1. — by Larry Tidball Timber Cribbing, Easy Build Modeling a most common sight in mining country. — by Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR Scenery Series Artistic Basics — by Craig Symington, MMR Plans Colorado & Southern Ry., Narrow Gauge Steel Frame Refrigerator Cars Colorado & Southern Ry., — by Robert Stears Depressed Center Flat — by Tom Yorke Spanish Colonial Block Building Based on a Building in Turlock, California — by Gary Caviglia New Berlin & Winfield R.R. Co. No. 2 — by David Fletcher Diamond & Caldor Ry M/W Flatcar No.10 — by Herman Darr Departments Chris's Corner — The State of the State — by Bob Brown Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor New in Review — Model reviews