Tour the Fern Creek and Western Railroad

Tour the Fern Creek and Western Railroad

Name:    Trevor Park Railroad Name:    Fern Creek and Western Railroad Location:    Santa Cruz, CA Scale:    1:20.3 with some 1:22.5 mixed in. Theme:    Logging, mining and short line freight and passenger operations. Description:    Come join us for a layout tour of my Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad that I built with my friends. This video […]

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A Big Boy on the North Western Railroad

Lionel Vision Line Union Pacific Big Boy 4014

Name:    Adam Matthews Railroad Name:    North Western Railroad Location:    Ohio Scale:    O Gauge Theme:    Freelanced Hi-Rail based on Northeast Ohio Description:    My Lionel Vision Line Big Boy 4014 hauls a string of 29 reefer cars around the new mainline on the Lower Level of the North Western Railroad. […]

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Broadway Limited Imports Rolling Thunder subwoofer system

BLI Rolling Thunder subwoofer system

Price: $249.99 (subwoofer and receiver), $99.99 (receiver only) Comments: The physical size of the on-board speakers of locomotive models limits their ability to reproduce the low-frequency bass sounds of the prototype. The Broadway Limited Imports Rolling Thunder system wirelessly synchs an under-the-layout subwoofer with the firm’s new Paragon3 line of locomotives to reproduce the missing […]

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Hold the Panama!

ICPanamaCentSta

With the Chicago skyline in the background, Illinois Central’s Panama Limited pulls into Central Station to load passengers in a view from atop the terminal building. Illinois Central The Panama Limited was for many years the premier, first-class luxury train of the Illinois Central on its Chicago–New Orleans route. All-Pullman in consist, it left Chicago’s […]

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Trains, trains, trains event

Trains, trains, trains event

Name:    Chris Haon Railroad Name:    Georgia Garden Railway Society Location:    Kennesaw, GA Scale:    1:29 Theme:    Display Layout Description:    Over the weekend of Jan. 30 & 31 The Georgia Garden Railway Society setup a G Scale display layout for The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History during their Trains, Trains, Trains event. Over the […]

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Project plans: Build a railroad beam bridge

Beambridgeplans

Download plans for a railroad beam bridge. Learn how modeler Jim Ferenc scratchbuilt this common railroad bridge for his HO scale Colorado & Southern Northern Division model train layout in the March 2016 Model Railroader. Jim used wooden ties and plastic girders on his bridge. […]

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Video: Athearn HO scale SD40 with SoundTraxx DCC

Athearn HO scale SD40 with SoundTraxx DCC

The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]

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