Great Model Railroads 2013 travels across North America and spans many decades to bring you 10 outstanding new layouts. You'll find loads of inspiration, fully illustrated track plans, and helpful tips from the builders in each feature. Look closely at Jack Burgess' now-completed double-deck HO scale Yosemite Valley Railroad and discover the lessons he learned along the way. Don't miss Pat Lana's N scale conversion of a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railroad into a regional common carrier and his spot-on techniques for modeling agricultural crops. • Check out Andy Rubbo's amazing 1950s double-deck, multi-track electrified Pennsylvania Railroad layout featuring renowned GG1 locomotives. See Cliff Powers' newly-finished upper level of the Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf Railroad, new yard and engine terminal, and spectacular rendition of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal.
