Editing Model Railroader (section)

== Features ==

Typical feature articles in each month's issue include:
* Layout tours - A layout story with a detailed track plan and behind-the-scenes modeling and construction tips.
* How-to projects - Tips and techniques for modeling scenery, structures, rolling stock, and electronics.
* Prototype information - Detailed drawings historical and technical information on how real railroads and lineside industries function.
* Track plans - Sample designs for model railroads the average hobbyist could build.

Regular monthly columns and departments include:
* News and Products - Quick looks at new products available in the hobby.
* Railway Post Office - Letters from readers.
* Step-by-Step - Tackles a different project each month to help you build a better layout.
* Ask MR - Q&A about prototype railroading and model railroading. Also includes tips by readers. This department was created by merging workshop and Information Desk.
* DCC Corner - Get to know model train operation using [[Digital Command Control]].
* Product reviews - A look at new models on the market and how well they perform.
* Trackside Photos - Inspirational photos featuring the work of fellow hobbyists.
* Trains of Thought - Every month model railroad expert [[Tony Koester]] looks at the philosophical side of model railroading.
* On Operation - How to reproduce prototype operations on a model railroad.
* N Scale Insight - From March 2011, former editor Jim Kelly began a column looking at [[N scale]] modelling.<ref>[http://mrr.trains.com/en/News%20and%20Reviews/MR%20Express/2011/01/N%20scale%20inisght.aspx New N scale column debuts in Model Railroader magazine] ''Model Railroader Magazine'', 19 January 2011</ref>