Atlas Model Railroad Co HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP39-2 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Wisconsin & Southern (35th anniversary lettering, one road number), CSX (dark blue and yellow), Delaware & Hudson (blue, gray, and yellow), Reading Co. (green and yellow), and Union Pacific (red sill stripe). Two […]
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Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. On a late fall afternoon, a New York Central Niagara departs Ellison with an express while a Pennsylvania RR E6 Atlantic picks up a cut of cars. Paul Kahne shot the photo on Lee Gasparik’s O scale Pennsylvania & […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s official – Cody’s Workshop has been rebooted! In this MRVP exclusive series, Cody Grivno shares his techniques for making locomotives, freight cars, and structures look their best. In this return to the workbench, he’ll show you tips for weathering a cement hopper […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s official – Cody’s Workshop has been rebooted! In this MRVP exclusive series, Cody Grivno shares his techniques for making locomotives, freight cars, and structures look their best. In this return to the workbench, he’ll show you tips for weathering a cement hopper […]
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MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske has settled into her new office space! Now she can finally get back to bringing you insights to some of the new videos coming to the MRVideoPlus.com website throughout March 2018. Be sure to watch this video to the end, as one of her moving boxes becomes the prized MRVP […]
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MRVP’s first-ever print publication, Model Railroading: The Ultimate Guide, is now on sale! Right along with the all-new feature stories printed in this magazine, readers also have access to an extensive video playlist. As a bonus, this video shares insights into the cast and crew that produced these videos, and continues working hard to bring […]
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Collectors concentrating on the outfits, locomotives, and accessories offered by Lionel during a single year in the post-World War II era will find inspiration in the compact O gauge layout developed by Robert Banks. He has designed an 11 x 11-foot three-rail display capable of letting three trains operate simultaneously. Build a layout that highlights […]
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NCE Light-It and Illuminator lighting decoders Price: Light-It 3 pack, $19.95; 6 pack, $39.95; 15 pack, $99.95; Illuminator, $16.95; 5 pack, $79.95 Manufacturer NCE Corp. 82 E. Main St. Webster, NY 14580 www.ncedcc.com Comments: Lighting is one of the more basic forms of animation we can add to our model railroads, and NCE has released […]
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Bachmann On30 derrick car Price: $99 Manufacturer Bachmann Trains 1400 E. Erie Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.bachmanntrains.com Era: 1900 to 1950s (or later on a tourist railroad) Comments: Fans of O scale narrow gauge can keep the right-of-way clear with this derrick car from Bachmann Trains. The On30 (O scale, 30″ gauge) car is a […]
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Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-420 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco C-420 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. Phase I: Delaware & Hudson and Delaware-Lackawanna (Lehigh Valley heritage scheme), one road number each. Phase II: Delaware & Hudson (Lehigh & Hudson River patchout, one number), Long Island Rail Road (high short hood in […]
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Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD GP40P-2 No longer solely the province of kitbashers, Electro-Motive Division’s GP40P-2 is available in HO scale from Athearn Trains. Part of the Genesis line of superdetailed locomotive models, this HO scale Geep is especially good news for those modeling Southern Pacific’s “commute” trains of the 1970s and ’80s. Our review […]
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A sleeping berth shown set for feet first in the direction of travel on an Amtrak long-distance train. Bob Johnston Q I previously understood that the safest position to sleep while traveling by train was with feet first, but the past Amtrak trips I took had the bed set up head first. Is there an […]
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