2024 HOn3 ANNUAL: The new 2024 HOn3 Annual from White River Productions is 116 pages dedicated to HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! Inside you’ll find scratchbuilding projects explained step-by-step, great model railroad photography techniques, model detailing tips from the experts, beautiful narrow gauge layout tours, exciting prototype history from coast to coast, and much, much more. This is your illustrated how-to guide for HO scale narrow gauge model railroading — Get on board today!

So Many Options in HO Narrow Gauge!

So Many Options in HO Narrow Gauge!

If you want to jump in to HO narrow gauge, there are so many great options for track, locomotives, and rolling stock on the market today!


Models That Move

Models That Move

Burton Maxwell’s “Buffalo Landing” logging railroad scene includes a spreader bar loader which picks logs off log trucks, carries them by cable to log cars where they are dropped into place for the train trip to the mill.


East Broad Top’s “Company Square” in HO scale

East Broad Top’s “Company Square” in HO scale

From its junction with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, the East Broad Top wound its way in a southerly direction for some 30 miles, to the coal fields on the east side of Broad Top Mountain. The town of Robertsdale, Pa., was named for one of the principal investors when the EBT was built, it was the epitome of the company town.


Converting and Modifying an HO Scale Locomotive to HOn3

Converting and Modifying an HO Scale Locomotive to HOn3

Combining a brass White Pass & Yukon “Shovelnose” diesel body with parts from a Kato NW2 to make a reliable HOn3 diesel.


Blackstone Models UTLX narrow gauge tank cars

Blackstone Models UTLX narrow gauge tank cars

Blackstone Models has recently released two HOn3 versions of the UTLX narrow gauge tank car. Once used to haul petroleum products on the D&RGW and RGS lines, some of these cars made it as far west as Hawaii and as far north as Alaska and British Columbia. These ready-to-run cars are beautifully detailed and will help you build a tank train fleet for your HOn3 layout.


Blackstone Models D&RGW Long Caboose in HOn3

Blackstone Models D&RGW Long Caboose in HOn3

The new Blackstone Models long caboose is an exceedingly accurate model of the prototype available in a ready to run form that narrow gauge modelers could only dream of a few years ago. The paint options and extra detail parts make it in a class by itself. It is the best rolling stock Blackstone has offered to date and a fine value.


Blackstone Models Open Platform Coaches in HOn3

Blackstone Models Open Platform Coaches in HOn3

It may seem hard to imagine today, but once upon a time, the railroads were firmly in the passenger business. The new HOn3 open platform coach from Blackstone Models replicates the most numerous of the Rio Grande’s narrow gauge fleet with impressive fidelity and attention to detail.


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