Andy Sperandeo

Who is Andy Sperandeo?

Andy Sperandeo has been an editorial employee of Model Railroader Magazine since 1979. He is executive editor after being the magazine's editor previously. He has also written a few books on model railroading such as Easy Model Railroad Wiring, The Model Railroader's Guide to Freight Yards and a few other books. Sperandeo hosted a video once called Model Railroads In Action: 5 Layouts From Great Model Railroads Magazine which is a rare video to find. He is also an operator on Model Railroader's Club Layout the MR&T. He was on two episodes of Tracks Ahead, one which was the MR&T and the other dedicating John Allen's Gorre & Daphetid. When he was in the U.S. Army back in the 1960s, he was a frequent operator on the Gorre & Daphetid. One of John Allen's locomotives, No. 34, a 4-10-0 that John kitbashed from parts, resides in his office. He is building a home layout based on the AT&SF at Cajon Pass, California in HO scale, circa 1947.