2022 HOn3 Annual

HOn3 is all about building narrow gauge trains and layouts. The 2022 HOn3 Annual is the only publication exclusively dedicated to HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! This issue is packed full of exciting layout tours, in-depth construction projects, and plenty of detailed prototype information. From California to Maine and all points between, get on board for narrow gauge fun!

On Any Given Day

Realistic Operations on a Large HOn3 Layout – by Linn Moedinger

Railroad & Main

Helping Your Town Turn the Corner – by George K. Riley, Esq.

An Obsure 24-Foot Stock Car

The Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade and Western – by Dale Smith

Realistic Clapboards with Cardboard

Methods For Installing Clapboards or Lap Siding – by Peter Loughlin

D&RGW C-25 2-8-0 No. 375

An HOn3 Classic Kit Backdated to 1924 – by Paul Buhrke

Getting A Little Behind in Elk Park

A Town on a Curve, With Some Viewing Issues – by Geoff Stunkard

Build a Wooden Light Pole

Using Surface Mount LEDs – by Hank Sullivan

Without a Ghost of a Chance

Cisco, Utah, on the Old NG D&RGW Main Line – by Peter Metzker

Building Mountains in HOn3

On the Denver 2023 National Narrow Gauge Convention Tour – by Jim Gray

Scale Illumination Part 3

More LED Lighting Projects – by John Niemeyer and Keith Pashina

Two-Step Crackle Paint

A Technique for Heavily-Weathered Paint – by Peter Loughlin

Quincy Mining Co. Assay Office

Building in HO with Drawings – by Wayne Wesolowski

From One, Many

West Side Lumber 24-Foot Flats – by George K. Riley, Esq.

WUTX 7559

Converting an Ambroid 1-in-5000 kit – by Paul Buhrke

3D Printing Drop Bottom Gons

Printed Cars for Coal Service – by Jerry Hoverson

Standard Oil’s Narrow Gauge Tank Cars

Part One: The Early “Zerolene” Cars – by Greg Maxwell

That Other Narrow Gauge: HOn30

Products and Ideas for Going Narrower – by George K. Riley, Esq.

Kitbashing a Portland-Style Forney

Using the Toma Model Works kit in HOn30 – by Pete Leach

East Broad Top Turntable

How-to using the Kitwood Hill 65-Foot Model – by Russ Norris

Big Industry on a Narrow Gauge

Dual Gauge Switching Action – by Johnny Graybeal

Narrow Gauge Main Line in Mid-America

The Texas & St. Louis in HOn3 – by Mike Mackey

Notions, Potions + Mining and Trams

Items of interest to the HOn3 Annual Reader – by George K. Riley, Esq.