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STARTING AT THE TOP at the NMRA • President Gordy Robinson shares how he started with the NMRA, and where he hopes to take it

SCRATCHBUILD A STATION in HO • A longtime friend commissioned the Nickel Plate Road depot in Veedersburg, Ind.

A day with the KC Local • Follow along as No. 45 works between division points

The CN Central • Skyscrapers and mountains coexist on this layout

Kickin’ it old school • How to use older materials in today’s modeling

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