Take an eastbound cab ride on Pete Walton’s HO scale Great Midwestern Railroad. The layout was featured in Great Model Railroads 2018. Video by Dave Rickaby. […]
The Great Midwestern Railroad eastbound run
Section: Videos
Vintage 1930s Marx trains
Name: Todd Hein Description: This video shows two Marx trains from the 1930’s, one is a 1934 M10000, and the other is a Commodore Vanderbilt with a mixed train of cars from the same year. […]
Video: HO scale Great Midwestern RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Walton’s HO scale Great Midwestern RR features scenes inspired by northwestern Illinois in the 1950s. See classic steam and diesel locomotives hauling freight and passenger trains through the spectacular scenery of this 36′-6″ x 63′-0″ model railroad. […]
Small shelf layout
Alejandro’s small shelf layout measures 9.51 x 7.55 feet with an average width of 1.31 feet. The layout is set in the mid-1970s somewhere between Oregon and Washington (previously Great Lakes area). […]
Steam trains on the Durango & Silverton
We return to Colorado’s Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, this time, in the winter. Come along as we take a ride behind one of D&SNGRR’s Mikado 2-8-2 locomotives from Durango all the way to Cascade Canyon and back. […]
Video Review: Broadway Limited Imports Paragon3 HO scale PRR J1 steam locomotive
Smoke, sound, and smooth performance highlight the new Paragon3 HO scale Pennsylvania RR class J1 from Broadway Limited Imports. In this exclusive review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel shows you this new HO scale steam locomotive from unboxing to a rolling demonstration on his layout. […]
D&RGW L-131 break-in run
After some repairs, paint, and decals, Corey Bonsall took his new-to-him United/PFM Denver & Rio Grande Western L-131 2-8-8-2 brass locomotive for a run on his local club’s layout. […]
Runbys and pacing on my N scale layout
We ran some trains just for fun on my N scale model railroad in this video. I model the Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision which runs from Green River, Wyoming, west to Ogden, Utah. — Roy Smith […]
Volcanoes DO belong on layouts
There is a cartoon on page 81 of the November 2017 Model Railroader which seems to say that a volcano can’t be put on a model railroad layout. Our model railroad club (South Hills Model RR Club) uses the free-mo modular standards for the layout that we assemble for shows and we DO have a […]
Cotton Belt GP20s on the HO scale Pacific & Eastern
A local runs on the HO scale Pacific & Eastern layout at the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club (RVMRC) in Medford, Oregon. See more of the layout in Great Model Railroads 2018. […]
Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s heritage fleet
Take a look at Norfolk Southern’s beloved heritage locomotive fleet, starting with the July 2012 extravaganza at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. You’ll even here from former NS CEO Wick Moorman! […]
Video: Chris Broughton’s N scale Pennsylvania RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Chris Broughton’s modular N scale layout models scenes along the Pennsylvania RR in 1954. Watch trains run along this model train layout that’s also featured in Great Model Railroads 2018. […]
