Recently Matthew Herman of ESU visited the Model Railroader offices and talked with senior editor Dana Kawala about some of the latest features to be found in ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. See and hear ESU LokSound – equipped diesel locomotives as they run on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern layout. […]
Section: Trains Video
Video: On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Birdsong’s 12 x 24-foot On30 (O scale narrow gauge) model railroad is set in southern Mississippi in 1910. Watch geared locomotives haul passengers and freight on this spectacular model train layout. […]
Layout Visit: Operating on Tony Koester’s Nickel Plate Road
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that you’ve toured his multiple-deck HO scale layout, the Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Division, Tony Koester welcomes you back to glimpse how it operates! In this MR Video Plus exclusive video, viewers get to walk the aisles with Tony and his […]
Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak model railroad episode 2
The benchwork is built for the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project. Next comes the tricky task of transferring the track plan to the foam tabletop. Get some tips from Model Railroader Video Plus producer David Popp, including a look at the layout’s styrene backdrop and the wiring channel around the tabletop. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, maintains multiple layouts (O & HO scale) and vintage toys that you can see in this PBS Tracks Ahead video on MR Video Plus. […]
Cody’s Workshop: Episode 21 – Using etched-metal parts to upgrade freight cars
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Santa’s Workshop hustles to build trains for good girls and boys, Cody’s Workshop stays busy enhancing freight cars with etched-metal parts! Host Cody Grivno shows how he replaced his covered hopper’s plastic roof walkway with a see-through metal component from Plano Model […]
Chris and Mhel’s Christmas 2014 layout
Name: Christopher Burger Forum User Name: Chris Burger Location: Mason Ohio Scale: S Theme: Christmas Village Description: This is our 2014 version of the Christmas Village Layout. 4-loops of S-Helper Fastrak which is now owned and made by MTH. Running an American Flyer Texas Special with Legacy, A 336 4-8-4 Northern with American Flyer Christmas […]
Christmas time in Whoville
Name: Dave Sanders Railroad Name: Just For Fun Location: San Diego, CA Scale: O gauge Description: Whoville at Christmas […]
Video: Model Rectifier Corp. Decoder Dr
Recently Adam Tager, the Director of Product Development for Model Rectifier Corp., paid a visit to the Model Railroader offices. In this video, Adam demonstrates the new MRC Decoder Dr. This handheld device makes it easy to program, read, and test Digital Command Control decoders. […]
Enhanced sounds on an O gauge layout
Name: Robert Mayer Forum User Name: Robert Mayer Location: Tucson Scale: O Theme: southwest Description: enhanced model railroad sounds […]
Video: SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder
The SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar is a Digital Command Control decoder that brings the sounds of the train beyond the locomotive to a model train layout. In this video, Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala gets a demo of the SoundCar with George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx. Listen to various SoundCar installations in freight and passenger equipment […]
Member video: The Baltimore & Ohio Cincinnatian
Check out my video of the Cincinnatian on the L&S division of the B&O RR, stopping at Winton Place Station. Video shot by Edward Lorence […]
