3D Track Plan: The N scale Chicago Belt Lines

N scale Chicago Belt Lines 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Clifton Linton and Steven Cox teamed up to design and build an N scale layout featuring the Belt Line railroads around Chicago, including the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal and the Belt Railway Co. of Chicago. Their plan was featured in the November […]

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3D Track Plan: The N scale Chicago Belt Lines

N scale Chicago Belt Lines 3d track plan

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Clifton Linton and Steven Cox teamed up to design and build an N scale layout featuring the Belt Line railroads around Chicago, including the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal and the Belt Railway Co. of Chicago. Their plan was featured in the November […]

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An interview with Tony Koester

Tony Koester

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Tony Koester drops in from time to time, and on this visit, we asked him what he thinks you need to know to build a model railroad. […]

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An interview with Tony Koester

Tony Koester

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Tony Koester drops in from time to time, and on this visit, we asked him what he thinks you need to know to build a model railroad. […]

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Model Railroader 2013 Layout Progress Tour

Train pulling multiple cars

FULL SCREEN Follow along with the Model Railroader staff as they visit six model railroads, including Steve Otte’s HO scale Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern model railroad. FULL SCREEN Our group met at Maxim’s train depot restaurant in Oconomowoc, Wisc., for breakfast. The town’s name is pronounced Oh-con-o-mo-woc. The train depot is on the route of the […]

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New products for the week of January 31, 2013

Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP50 diesel locomotive

Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP50 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP50 diesel locomotive. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago & North Western; and Southern Ry. Four road numbers each. Factory-installed wire grab irons, prototype-specific details, and McHenry knuckle couplers. Direct-current model, $189.98; with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control sound decoder, $289.98. September […]

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Lehigh Valley RR Bronx Terminal

Lehigh Valley RR

Name: Lehigh Valley RR Bronx Terminal Layout designer: Wayne N. Carlsen Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5 x 9 feet Prototype: Lehigh Valley RR Locale: South Bronx, New York City Era: early 1960s Style: island Mainline run: not applicable Minimum radius: 9-3/4″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the March 2013 Model Railroader. Click on […]

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