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What sort of questions do you ask a lighting engineer on “The Great White Way” and who owns one of the finest model railroad shops in the midwest?? The Kelly Questions of course, a series of hard hitting questions designed to discover the man under the no nonsense exterior of a tough businessman.

Unfortunately Kelly didn’t write down any of those questions but we do manage to waste another hour of modeling time. So grab yourself a large bowl of shredded blue box kits, a tall glass of Solvaset and e

What happens when you mix a Norfolk Southern engineer together with a freelance modeler and an active YouTube creator?? It’s a very interesting ninety minutes of podcasting. Tim has a great layout which he uses to relax from the day to day stress of being 1:1 railroader.

There’s lots to see and do on his Seaboard Central Railroad so sit back and enjoy some great railroading stories and unique insights from another interesting guest of the AML Nation.

It’s time for another fabulous round of the Kelly Questions!! Each envelope has been hermetically sealed in the front pocket of Mike “the Spoon” Ostertag’s coveralls… No one… I repeat, no one has been given access to these questions until now.

Find out what happens when a drummer, waiter, guy that prepares taxes, teacher and lonesome devil is put to the test. So grab yourself a bowl of shredded tax returns, a tall glass of recycled table water and enjoy!!

What it’s like to be an outstanding architectural modeler and the vice-president of a well respected company like ExactRail?? Is it possible to have a one foot by seven foot layout featured on one our hobby’s top magazines. Can it provide enough entertainment to host operating sessions for as many as six people??

The Hudson Terminal Railway is a fictional subsidiary of the New York Central, influenced by the multiple terminals once served by car floats. It's a great interview we’re sure you’ll en

It’s time for another exciting round of the Kelly questions and once again our victim… errr… Our guest has been strapped down with his tinfoil helmet securely attached. We met Cale in September of 2018 when he introduced us to the world of Lego trains.

When not building models he can be found researching railroad history, and riding trains. You can find out more about Lego trains at: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/

So grab yourself a bowl of shredded bricks, a tall glass of axle grease and enj

Another model railroad manufacturer steps up. This time Rapido Trains has produced a limited run of TTX's "On Track for a Cure" Husky-Stack well car. With every car purchased, Rapido will donate $10 to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, in support of the Psychosocial Oncology Department.

This car includes two limited edition Rapido Trains refrigerated domestic smooth-side containers and sold out in less than 48 hours.

Thanks to Jason and Janet Shron and all of the hard working team Rapido Trains!!

We’ve returned once again to CP Rail’s Galt Subdivision, an exquisitely detailed layout modeling a relatively short section of busy mainline that incorporates the towns of Woodstock and Zorra, Ontario with it’s landmark cement plant.

Bob is always full of passion about the hobby as we cover everything from the cross pollination of military modeling, the ease of taking photos with his iPhone, the Fallowfield effect, painting brass hoppers with a rattle can and all the comings and goings at ESU. Enj

Disappointed because you didn’t get to the National Train Show in Salt Lake City?? Well neither did we but that hasn’t stopped us from being excited about all the new products being offered by dozens and dozens of manufacturers. So our crack staff headed by Model Railroad News editor Tony Cook have compiled pages and pages of copious notes in order to keep all those in the AML Nation informed about all the latest comings and goings in the hobby.

Grab yourself a bowl of shredded floor maps and enjoy!!

What happens when a professional audio engineer and a model railroader combines his love of sound and trains into one product?? Spectacular model sound and realism is the never ending pursuit of J.T. Burke who has managed to create, what some are saying is the best sound in the hobby.

This is a great interview suggested to us by Scott Thornton of ProtoThrottle fame after he was fortunate enough to experience first hand some the best sound effects he’d ever heard. It’s all pretty nifty, so enjoy !!

The model railroading community has once again proven how much it cares about those who need help and Nathan Holmes, Michael Petersen and Scott Thornton are no exception . They’ve decided to donate two ProtoThrottles to help the Evil Overlord’s charity “One More Year.”

Enjoy.