John Vavra, whose Santa Fe Lines layout was featured in the December 2021 issue of Model Railroader, died on April 17, 2026. He was 72 years old. John’s 20 x 22-foot walk-in layout was set in northern ...

There was just one problem when railroad executive Cyrus K. Holliday came up with the idea to build the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway back in the 1800s. The train, which originated in the ...