In this exclusive product review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel shows you highlights of two new HO scale Genesis-series locomotives from Athearn Trains. Both the SD60I and SD60M feature prototype specific detailing and come equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. […]
Join Trains Presents video contributor Chris Wehman for a look at Norfolk Southern’s busy junction at Butler, Ind., northeast of Fort Wayne. There, the former Conrail Cleveland to Chicago main crosses the former Norfolk & Western Detroit to Fort Wayne line. You’ll see trains at all angles, including the Triple Crown RoadRailer! […]
Join us as we travel with Special Interest Tours to Peru! On the first day of our September 2017 tour, we visit Lima, check out the Ferrocarril Central Andino shop at Chosica, dedicate a locomotive for Conrail’s James A. Hagen, and spin the unit on the turntable at San Bartolome. Let’s go! […]
Name: Todd Haskins Railroad Name: Cape Cod Central Location: Cape Cod Theme: Fun Description: I rebuilt my scratched/ bashed heavy duty depressed center flatcar so it could handle bigger loads. I cut out the short 7″ deck and replaced it with a 12″. One day I was rail fanning at the main yard and spotted […]
Name: Ilya Krishtal Railroad Name: Moscow region railroad Location: Russia, Zhavoronki village Scale: 1:22.5 (G) Theme: First snow in Moscow region Description: Another video from my garden railroad. First snow in our location. […]
Even short videos require lots of media. Locating your libraries of video clips, photographs, sound clips, titles, transitions, and backgrounds is the first step in postproduction video assembly. When I open my movie software, the first thing I see is a desktop with three sections. Whether you are using the IMovie software that is supplied […]
The MTH S scale Electro-Motive Division F3 diesel features the firm’s Digital Command System (DCS) and Proto-Sound 3.0 system. The locomotive operates on DCS, Digital Command Control (DCC), alternating current (AC), and direct-current (DC) layouts. The model comes equipped with American Flyer style wheels and couplers, but scale parts are included. (The conversion was detailed […]
Name: Steven Allen Railroad Name: Look Memorial Park Haunted Train Layout Video Location: Look Memorial Park Train Station, Florence, MA Scale: S Scale Theme: Halloween Description: Members of the Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club have built a Halloween themed layout for Look Memorial Park’s Train Station. It is available during the Haunted Train Rides on […]
Name: Steven Allen Railroad Name: Santa’s Trains at Look Park Location: Look Memorial Park Florence, MA Scale: S Scale Theme: Christmas Description: The Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club has built 3 S Gauge layouts for Look Memorial Park’s Christmas event known as Santa’s Trains at Look Park. This is the main layout of 3 layouts […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, as he shows you how to install a Berrett Hill Trains Touch Toggle to control a Tortoise by Circuitron turnout switch machine. Cody will […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page All filler, zero fluff in this episode of Off The Rails! This month, host Gerry Leone devoted an entire show to discussing how to fill those unsightly cracks, gaps, and seams on our assembled kits and models. As usual, you’ll be surprised where […]
