Discover the Secret Goldmine: 6 Model Railroading Publications That Actually Pay Writers!
Writers Guidelines: Submission Guidelines – Railroad Model Craftsman
Trains isn’t a modeling magazine per se. Instead, Trains is about, well, trains, in every sense of the word. They do discuss train modeling, buy the focus of Trains is primarily the industry of trains. From this perspective, they publish articles about railroading, whether the past or the present. They even welcome personal reflections. They publish no fiction or travel stories. Editors like lots of photographs, 80-100 in each edition. Trains pays $100 for about 600 words, $125 for about 800 words, $150 for about 1,000 words, and $175 for 1,200 or more words.
