Charlie Conway brings you real railroad operation like you’ve never seen it before when he captures Morristown & Erie Railway crews Taking Care of Business in New Jersey! In this first of two episodes, you’ll see a rare insider’s look at what goes into running a unique shortline operation. […]
Section: Videos
Video: Atlas HO scale NJ Transit ALP-45DP and Bombardier cars
The Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout stands in for northern New Jersey in this exclusive product video. Check out the Atlas HO scale Bombardier ALP-45DP and multilevel passenger cars. All the equipment is decked out in contemporary NJ Transit paint schemes. The cars feature overhead lighting and the locomotive features realistic sound […]
Trains Presents: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 2017 opening
Join Trains Magazine and video contributor Kevin Gilliam for a look at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s 2017 opening weekend. You’ll see former Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 and Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia high-nose GP38 No. 80 in service on passenger trains! […]
A busy day at Galloway
Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: Trains in the Attic Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O gauge Theme: Location: North Central New England Time period: Sometime between 1957 and today Description: The Worcester Rocket – bound for Boston, makes a stop in Galloway MA to exchange cars. […]
Trains Presents: Ringling circus train to West Virginia
Join Trains and videographer Kevin Gilliam for a look at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit circus train on its trek to Charleston, W.Va. You’ll see the train traverse West Virginia coal country, and on the new Kanawha River Railroad. […]
D&RGW Westbound Manifest
With a mid-1960s mix-n-match consist, a Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally varied manifest freight over the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout. Heavy equipment, pipe, and a string of empty hoppers and gondolas headed back for more black diamonds give this train some character. […]
Willow Creek Railroad Operations: Waverly Yard
This video describes the operations of Waverly Yard on the Willow Creek Railroad. The video focuses on the Yardmaster’s job in a typical operating session. Video by Rod Vance. […]
Running Marx Trains on 3-16
Name: Todd Hein Railroad Name: Minneapolis Northern Location: Crystal, MN Scale: O Theme: Marx trains on realistic scenery Description: This video was posted because Marx used 3/16th scale on most of their locomotives, and cars. This was made in March of 2016, hence, 3/16. […]
Accucraft’s live-steam Norfolk & Western 4-8-4
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Video 101: Shooting on location
Today we hit the road. Our goal will be to make an interesting 3 minute, home video using a readily available action camera, still cameras and homemade accessories. Our raw video will be edited on consumer level software; we will add sound effects, and zippy music. We will make a gift copy for the owner, […]
Boeing planes on a train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
This video was shot during BNSF Days at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. The video features Boeing 737 fuselages and SkyBox cars. The entire train is from the collection of museum volunteer John Krueger. […]
Video: Walthers HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher
Recently Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala had a chance to examine and operate a preproduction sample of Walthers new HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher. The model includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor system. See the switcher in action as it works a yard on the Model Railroader […]