Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette July/Aug 2026

Special Feature The Tall Pine Lumber Company Car Shop My version of the West Side Lumber Co. shops. — by Chuck Lind Features Let There Be Lots Of Lights LED lighting, sound and animations are highlights on John Niemeyer’s HOn3 layout. — by Mike Engler, MMR A Track Scale For Silverton Multi-year research leads to a model of an overlooked part of Silverton. — by Jon Walden Cox Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure No. 7: Modeling Switcher No. 3, Part 2 — by Rob Bell Early Cog Railway Locomotives, Part 2 No. 7 on the Rigibahn in Switzerland. — by Adrian Garner An HOn3 Cog Railway Locomotive Building a Baldwin style cog locomotive with 3D and laser-cut parts. — by Chris Thompson Moving Mountains How do you move a monster On3 layout? One piece at a time! — by Jeff Ferguson Build A Crew Call Board A simple way to assign trains and crews for an OPS session. — by Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR Highway 145 Bridge The missing piece of building old Placerville. — by Craig Symington, MMR The Narrow Gauge Scene All Things Must Pass — by Charlie Getz Plans Colorado & Southern Ry., St. Charles Refrigerator Cars — by Robert Stears Mount Washington Cog Railway Locomotive No. 7 And Component Drawings — by Adrian Garner West Side Lumber Co. Dump Car and Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Water Tank Car No. 61 — by Herman Darr White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-0 No. 69 by David Fletcher Spanish Colonial Block Buildings — by Gary Caviglia Tallulah Falls Railway Caboose 0-5 by Tom Yorke Departments Chris's Corner — Odds And Ends Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor. New in Review — Model reviews. Book Reviews