Happy Holidays from MRVP! In this month’s edition of MRVP Insider, host Jenny Maaske shares insights on a great line-up of exclusive videos aimed to help you and yours enjoy model railroading to the fullest extent! […]
MRVP Insider: December 2017
Section: Modeling
Ask MRVP: Episode 31
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp is back to host the final Ask MRVP of 2017! In this episode, he enlists the help of Cody Grivno, Eric White, and even Mr. Flexy, to address inquiries related to DCC, benchwork, trackwork, painting, layout planning and more! […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 31
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp is back to host the final Ask MRVP of 2017! In this episode, he enlists the help of Cody Grivno, Eric White, and even Mr. Flexy, to address inquiries related to DCC, benchwork, trackwork, painting, layout planning and more! […]
Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2
Come ride along with the Y6b, first stopping to fill up with water, and then waiting for the block signal to proceed. Next it is caught at the crossing as it heads of town. […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 26 – Shaping a mountain
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Drew and Kent keep the scenery effort moving forward. In this episode of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout project, the two share how they attached “ribs” to the spine they just installed. Once this rough cut of the scenery substructure is in […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Part 26 – Shaping a mountain
Drew and Kent keep the scenery effort moving forward. In this episode of our Canadian Canyons N scale layout project, the two share how they attached “ribs” to the spine they just installed. Once this rough cut of the scenery substructure is in place, you’ll begin to see how impressive the mountainside will be! […]
Train-superiority checklist for model railroad operation
In his On Operation column for the January 2018 issue of Model Railroader, Jerry Dziedzic describes dealing with train superiority and time-table-and-train-order (TT&TO) operation for model railroads. Jerry mentioned a train-superiority checklist developed by Mark Amfahr that greatly simplified TT&TO decision making for train crews during operating sessions on his railroad. Click on the link […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the January 2018 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. A manifest freight barrels through the crossing at York, Pa., on Brian Wolfe’s HO scale Western Maryland layout. Paul Dolkos shot the photo. Click on the links below to download the image to use as a background on your […]
Union Pacific Gas Turbine at The Colorado Model Railroad Museum
A Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric heads a mixed consist from Klamath Falls to Dog Lake. Filmed during Extreme Trains Weekend at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
Video: ScaleTrains com HO scale GEVO Tier 4 diesel
The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
HO scale Tar Branch
Name: The Tar Branch Size: 2′-9″ x 8′-2″ Prototype: Winston-Salem Southbound Ry. Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. Era: mid-to-late 1950s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: L-girder Height: 46″ Roadbed: milled Homasote on ½” plywood Track: handlaid code 83 Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board and plywood Backdrop: building photographs […]
HO scale Texas & Pacific Ry.
Name: Texas & Pacific Layout designers: R.D. Moses and Jack Luck Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-8″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Texas & Pacific Locale: rural west Texas Era: 1950 to 1960 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 193 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 54″ […]
