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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page There’s just one more job to run on Model Railroader magazine’s all-new HO scale Beer Line layout extension. In this final episode of our operations mini-series, MRVP’s David Popp and MR’s Eric White walk you through the duties that come with running […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page For more than 8 years, associate editor Cody Grivno has presented modeling railroading tips and more than 1,200 new model railroad products. Model Railroader Video Plus favorites Drew Halverson and Hal Miller add play-by-play commentary and Jenny Maaske practices her referee skills in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s confirmed. Our pal and Contributing Editor Gerry Leone is full of hot air! In this episode of MRVP’s Off The Rails, he puts it to good use as he dusts off an old technique/tool for applying scenery to a model railroad. […]
Name: Gordon Hough Location: Ohio Scale: O gauge Theme: Christmas Toy Trains Description: A 5 minute video showcasing Toy Trains, buildings and people in a Christmas setting with snow covered mountain backdrops. […]
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! In Volume 3, you’ll see fast freights, including the now-historic Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, bounce over the often overlooked diamond at Maple Grove, Ohio! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 1 Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 2 […]
Work progresses on Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine Lowell NH Line. Middlesex Junction was a service yard for B&M passenger cars and locomotive up through the early 1960s. Steve is modeling a compressed version of Middlesex, including 4 arrival/departure tracks, a buggy track, coal conveyor (B&M tore down the Coal Tower in the early ’50s), […]
Using an Arduino IR LED and Phototransistor, we detect an approaching train and start the level crossing flashers. Gates and bells are coming soon! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mele Kalikimaka? David Popp and his wild Hawaiian shirts are back for this mid-winter episode of your favorite Q&A show! This month on Ask MRVP, several special subscribers will receive direct answers to inquiries regarding benchwork, trackwork, wiring, scenery, and even layout operation! […]
Join Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt for a look at BNSF Railway’s famed “Racetrack,” the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line between Chicago and Aurora, Ill. You’ll see fast freights along with Amtrak and Metra passenger moves along the triple-track speedway at the Naperville and Route 59 stations. For more Chicago railroading, be sure to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
