HO scale New York Central River Division

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Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: New York Central River Division Layout owner: Greg Ricciardi Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 30 feet with 4 x 16 foot staging yard Prototype: New York Central RR Locale: Kingston to Saugerties, N.Y., western shore of Hudson River Mainline run: […]

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HO scale Pennsylvania RR

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Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout owner: John M. Johnson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-5″ x 23′-6″ Prototype: Pennsylvania RR Locale: Driftwood, Pa. Era: September 1955 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 30 feet Minimum radius: 25″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 7.5 (main), no. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 46

David introduces a video while standing in the MR&T layout room at Kalmbach Media.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp and his colleagues are back to answer your hobby-related questions regarding scenery, backdrops, MR products and project layouts, DC wiring, modeling glue, and more! […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 46

David introduces a video while standing in the MR&T layout room at Kalmbach Media.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp and his colleagues are back to answer your hobby-related questions regarding scenery, backdrops, MR products and project layouts, DC wiring, modeling glue, and more! […]

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New model trains for the week of September 19, 2019

Atlas Model Railroad Co. N scale Difco dump car

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive. CSX (dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald in two road numbers), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme with Positive Train Control antennas and primer gray, both with flared radiators in three numbers each), Progress Rail (CSX patchout, three numbers), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scheme, four numbers), and Union Pacific […]

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ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2 diesel

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There’s more to modeling an Electro-Motive Division (EMD) SD40T-2 tunnel motor than simply repositioning the air intakes on an SD40-2. The meticulously detailed ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2, part of the firm’s top-of-the-line Rivet Counter series, provides an exclamation point to that statement. The model is dimensionally accurate and available in several roadname- and roadnumber-specific versions. […]

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WalthersMainline HO wide-vision caboose

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WalthersMainline HO wide-vision caboose A newly tooled model of a steel International Car Co. extended wide-vision caboose is available from Walthers. Part of the WalthersMainline series, the value-priced model features accurate dimensions and is solidly built, but doesn’t feature all the factory-applied separate detail of a WalthersProto model. For those who wish to add grab […]

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