The Home Railway Journal offers past issues while they are still available for the cover price plus shipping and handling. These are the original printings and can help complete your collection or simply give you the material you want.

FIRST YEAR COMBO PACK: The entire first year (Volume 1) of The Home Railway Journal on CD and a printed copy of Issue 3 included: $25 with no shipping charge

High-resolution PDF version of the Premiere Issue (Vol 1, Num 1) on CD: $7.00 w/ free shipping
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The Premiere Issue features:

• • Matt Mason's 1" American River Navigation and Railway layout. As part of the smaller point-to-
  point railroad club, Matt shows how a home railroad can be fun even without a continuous
  running loop.
• • Build a Michigan-California water tower for your railroad.
• • Making inexpensive link and pin couplers for your cars
• • Find out how fishplates (also called joiner bars) got their name

High-resolution PDF version of the Fall 2006 issue (Vol 1, Num 2): $7.00 w/ free shipping
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The Fall '06 issue features:

• • Peter Moseley and Ron Schmidt's 2 1/2" scale Flintridge and Portola Valley has been built
  where many would say it wasn't possible to put a railroad
• • Project Corner: Build a real workhorse. This basic firewood log car will haul what it's designed
  for and a whole lot more.
• • Making Chips: Plans for the Moseley steam regulator for steam turbines
• • Quick Pick: Build a solid block flag stop for your railroad.
• • A quick and easy sander for your rails to increase traction.
• • A product review of the GREX pinner
• • Product news - including Polk Hobby's new entry level train

Single copy of the Winter 2006 issue (Vol 1, Num 3): $7.50 plus $1.75 s&h

The Winter 06 issue includes:

• • Stathi and John Pappas' point-to-point 7 1/2" gauge track using recycled rail and ties as a test
  bed for their equipment
• • Project Corner: Make a Rail Pup handcar for yourself or your kids
• • Making Chips: Plans for a different type of check valve for your lubricator
• • Quick Pick: Personalize your crossbucks
• • The Basics: We cover the pros and cons of each rideable home railway scale from 1/2" to 1 1/2"
• • Easy to build and install switch frogs machined from bar stock
• • A product review of Victor Shattock's early live steam movies
• • The latest product news - including the new power axles offered on both sides of the Atlantic

High-resolution PDF version of the Spring 2007 issue (Vol 1, Num 4) on CD: $7.00 w/ free shipping
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The Spring 2007 issue includes:

• • Two home railroads: One 4 3/4" gauge track around a tract home in Los Angeles and a 5000
  foot long track that covers two acres in 7 1/2" gauge
  • Project Corner: Make an advance throw switch stand
  • Making Chips: Plans for a flat front water glass
  • Quick Pick: A speeder setout
  • The Basics: What ties are available for the home railway
  • The latest product news - including the new Friends and Yankee Shop Models being re-
• released

High-resolution PDF version of the Summer 2007 issue (Vol 2, Num 1) on CD: $7.00 w/ free shipping
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The Summer 2007 issue includes:

• • The Vanishing Railroad: A 7 1/2” gauge railroad made entirely from portable track panels that
  can appear or go away in a matter of hours
  • Project Corner: Add an automatic crossing circuit to your pike
  • Making Chips: Don’t just settle for one gauge, make dual gauge axles for any outside bearing
  rolling stock
  • Quick Pick: Quick and easy pushcars for your speeder setouts
  • The Basics: All about rails
  • The latest product reviews - including Bryte Rails’ marker and class lights and the Friends
  Yankee Shop Models 4-4-0 castings
  

Single copy of the Fall 2007 issue (Vol 2, Num 3 - There is no #2 in this volume): $7.50 plus $1.75 s&h

The Fall 2007 issue includes:

• The Little Orchard Railway, a point-to-point 7 1/4" narrow gauge railway in England
• Project Corner: Make a simple turntable for your layout
• Making Chips: Plans for an easy track leveler
• Quick Pick: A less-than-carload (LCL) team track loading dock
• The Basics: What do you lay the track on?
• Product Review: Cedar Creek's cast iron couplers
• The latest product news - including new 2 1/2" scale marker lights from BryteRails and a new
Insurance provider

Single copy of the Winter issue (Vol 2, Num 4): $7.50 plus $1.75 s&h

The Winter 2008 issue includes:

• The Timber Creek Railroad, a 7 1/2" gauge railway in California's Sierra Nevada
• Project Corner: Paint a backdrop for your railroad
• Making Chips: Make a low-cost, fabricated coupler
• Quick Pick: Manual semaphores for your railroad
• The Basics: Locomotive types and fuels?
• Product Review: Micro Fasteners hex-head screws and "Civil Engineering for Railroads"
• The latest product news - including new plans in 1 1/2" scale for cars and buildings