T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog 1 – Steve & Drew

T-Trak Modules blog one.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kent Johnson hosts this video journal covering some of the planning and construction efforts of the T-Trak project Dream Team. First up are MR’s Steven Otte and MRVP’s Drew Halverson. Steve gets off to a quick start and adds a wrinkle to […]

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Atlas N scale EMD SD50 diesel locomotive

Atlas N EMD SD50

Atlas N scale EMD SD50 diesel locomotive Atlas Model RR Co. has upgraded its N scale Electro-Motive Division SD50 diesel with an improved drivetrain that offers smoother performance at more prototypical speeds. The Master Line series model is also available in new paint schemes, both of which model locomotives still on the rails today. Now-retired […]

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Trainfest 2015 show report

Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Illinois Terminal; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern; Norfolk & Western; and Southern Pacific. Multiple road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated. Models will feature railroad-specific details. Direct-current model, $134.98; with RTR Sound Digital Command Control […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 8

David Popp coming out of an elevator to introduce a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Backdrop lighting, benchwork considerations, MR Product Review practices, and DCC decoders are just some of the topics host David Popp addresses in this episode of Ask MRVP. And wouldn’t you know it, only MRVP subscribers will learn the answers …or have the chance […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 8

David Popp coming out of an elevator to introduce a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Backdrop lighting, benchwork considerations, MR Product Review practices, and DCC decoders are just some of the topics host David Popp addresses in this episode of Ask MRVP. And wouldn’t you know it, only MRVP subscribers will learn the answers …or have the chance […]

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First look: New body styles on WalthersMainline HO scale Budd passenger cars

WalthersMainlinepassengercarsnewbodies

Walthers is introducing three new passenger car body styles in its WalthersMainline HO scale Budd passenger car series. This photo shows pre-production samples of the baggage/Railway Post Office (top), small window coach (middle), and the observation car (bottom). Model Railroader magazine recently received pre-production photos of the next three passenger cars in the WalthersMainline HO […]

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DCC Programming: episode 17 – Advanced consisting

Dana Kawala and Ben Lake standing at a desk.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, Dana Kawala and Ben Lake demonstrate how to assemble a DCC locomotive consist using a computer. Dana and Ben walk through all of the essential steps, just as they appear on a JMRI programming panel. […]

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DCC Programming: episode 17 – Advanced consisting

Dana Kawala and Ben Lake standing at a desk.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   In this episode of DCC Programming, Dana Kawala and Ben Lake demonstrate how to assemble a DCC locomotive consist using a computer. Dana and Ben walk through all of the essential steps, just as they appear on a JMRI programming panel. […]

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