Videographer Rich Luckin and Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn discuss the new PBS documentary, Journey to Promontory. It’s the saga of the first transcontinental railroad. On the 150th anniversary of this accomplishment, hear about the new video available from Kalmbach Media that tells the story of the Golden Spike. Be sure to pick up the […]
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe 87-car crude oil train operates over the Oregon, California, and Eastern during the November 2018 Extreme Trains event at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
See what’s new on DJ Arlia’s N scale Union Railroad layout. Some of the features include a scratchbuilt engine house, steel mills, rivers, barges, massive bridges, and more! […]
Steve Smith’s HO scale PRR Northeast Corridor RR is set in and around Philadelphia. It features SEPTA trolleys, subways, and Amtrak passenger trains. The catenary is under construction. Downtown Philly buildings include Broad Street station, North Philly station, and underground stations. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In 2019 Model Railroader magazine marks its 85th anniversary. To help celebrate, editor Hal Miller provides you with this look at two locomotives that ran on the model train layout of Model Railroader‘s founder Al Kalmbach. Hal will give you some insight into […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With structures and background scenery now in place on the Thompson Canyon of our N scale layout, David jumps to the tasks of completing foreground scenery and modeling the unique characteristics of the glacial river water. See how David gets the plywood base […]
Check out this overhead “helicopter view” of Lance Mindheim’s Los Angeles Junction Ry. layout. See more of the layout in Great Model Railroads 2019. […]
Experience the sights and sound of Lance Mindheim’s Los Angeles Junction Ry. layout as the local spots a reefer at Federal Cold Storage. The video was filmed with an iPhone 6sPlus. See more of this layout in Great Model Railroads 2019. […]
Watch this 100-car Union Pacific coal train at the November 2018 Colorado Model Railroad Museum Extreme Trains event. […]
Watch a 283-car Union Pacific coal train climb the 2.5 percent grade to the Quartz Mountain summit. Powered by 11 locomotives — two on the head end, with five more sets distributed through the train. The train is three scale miles long (200 actual feet) and weighs 30,000 prototype tons. Engineers Luke Brendsel and Scott Warren […]
Amtrak’s “Western Star” services between Omaha and Portland. This video shows the portion of the route through Wyoming. I recently traveled on Amtrak’s California Zephyr and incorporated some of the video I shot from that trip with the N scale version. Video submitted by Brian Olson. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp invites MR Contributing Editor Tony Koester to take a closer look at the collection of historic photos and maps. The two consider how to select and shape these references into Layout Design Elements (LDEs), which can be used to form […]
