ScaleTrains Magazine Archive

[James Costello]

We’re excited to share some big news — thanks to our purchase of ExactRail®, we’ve acquired the rights to six (6) classic model railroad and railroading magazines and are making them available for you to enjoy once again!

Magazines available to read include:

• 1001 Model Railroading Ideas
• Model Builder
• Model Railroading
• Pacific News/Pacific Railnews/Railnews
• Prototype Modeler
• Railmodel Journal

Even better – with the website’s advanced search, you can quickly find articles, photos, and topics by keyword across all of these publications.

We’re thrilled to preserve and share this rich railroading history with you. Click below to start exploring today!

https://magazines.scaletrains.com/

[James Costello]

Welp! There goes my weekend.

Seriously, what an awesome job by ScaleTrains to resurrect these fabulous resources. Kudos!

[mopacaustin]

We’re excited to share some big news — thanks to our purchase of ExactRail®, we’ve acquired the rights to six (6) classic model railroad and railroading magazines and are making them available for you to enjoy once again!

Magazines available to read include:

• 1001 Model Railroading Ideas
• Model Builder
• Model Railroading
• Pacific News/Pacific Railnews/Railnews
• Prototype Modeler
• Railmodel Journal

Even better – with the website’s advanced search, you can quickly find articles, photos, and topics by keyword across all of these publications.

We’re thrilled to preserve and share this rich railroading history with you. Click below to start exploring today!

https://magazines.scaletrains.com/

I'd wondered if we'd ever see those archives again, fantastic!

[Mark5]

This is great news - thanks! 

[kiwi_al]

I've spent hours looking at the magazines!!! 

[Mark5]

Also very cool that it is searchable. 

Thanks @scaletrains

[John]

Right click on the file and you can download

[Mark5]

Or click on the download icon at the upper right. 

[thomasjmdavis]

Great to have all these resources back online and in such an easy to use form. THANK YOU ScaleTrains!

[sirenwerks]

If they add RMC I will pledge my allegiance.

[John]

If they add RMC I will pledge my allegiance.

RMC won't even let you print if you have their subscription

[eja]

Wow ! What a resource.

The search capability in amazing.

Thank you !!!!!

[sirenwerks]

RMC won't even let you print if you have their subscription
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That, and its digital back issues don't go back far enough for what I want. In addition, its site doesn't like tablets much, so you have to sit in front of a computer to view what issues it has. Apparently, White River either didn't buy the rights to the historical issues or are too lazy to scan them. And it's a shame, because RMC, back in the days, had a lot of good prototype information and drawings that are still useful to modelers today.


My pleas to digitize received hurrumphs in return. I imagine if White River heard from enough modelers, though, it might reconsider. And I plan to buy the discs of the early N Scale mag issues.


I love that I was able to download all of MRs back issue history before the new company took over and I love my Mainline Modeler back issues that I got from the C&O Historical Society. But I really miss RMC and N Scale Modeler. With Kirk's passing, I doubt we'll ever get NSM back issues on disc, unfortunately.

[DirtyD79]

A little late to the party but it truly is great to see it back up and running. The January 1990 issue of Railmodel Journal was the first model railroad magazine I ever got back when I first started getting into model trains after getting a trainset for Christmas in December of 1989. I also like Model Railroading; it has a lot of great articles too. Both of those magazines got much deeper into the prototype stuff and operation back then than MR and MRH get into nowadays. Just wish Model Railroading and Railmodel Journal were much easier to find at stores back in the day.