Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, host Dana Kawala shows how programming lighting effects into your DCC-equipped diesel locomotives can enhance their realistic appearance and prototypical operation. Dana demonstrates effects that can be used on a variety of diesels from a wide […]
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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this second episode of Rehab My Railroad, Drew and Chuck head back into the basement where they find Cody Grivno finishing the roadway project and David Popp installing the automated grade crossing. While work continues, Chuck takes Drew on a rolling tour […]
Video: On30 Jemez and Rio Grande Chili Line
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Jim Gore’s On30 Jemez & Rio Grande models a narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western branch line in 1951. Check out the detailed scenery as a train runs through scenes along this 12 x 16-foot model railroad. […]
Video: O scale Southern Pacific Tehachapi Division model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Jerry Davis’ O scale model railroad depicts the famed Tehachapi Loop during the early 1950s. Watch steam and diesel locomotives haul freight and passenger trains along the line. […]
Video: The use of mirrors on Gerry Leone’s Bona Vista model train layout
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gerry Leone’s Bona Vista RR is a freelanced HO scale railroad modeling a short line in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota in 1953. In this video, follow Gerry as he shows you the 12 locations of mirrors that he used to make the illusion […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cinder Sniffers
Take a tour of a live steam outdoor railroad club located in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The railroad accommodates a wide variety of trains fueled by coal, oil, propane, gasoline, and batteries. […]
Video: Tour Gerry Leone’s HO scale Bona Vista RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out Great Model Railroads 2015 for a farewell visit to Gerry Leone’s Bona Vista RR. The freelanced HO scale railroad modeled a short line in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota in 1953. In this video, follow Gerry as he gives you a tour […]
This flexible layout can be changed in a day
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Feline King Kong destroys O-gauge Gotham City
Name: Frank Heynick Railroad Name: Mini-Gotham Location: Brooklyn, New York Scale: O Theme: Skyscraper City Description: The video differs from anything else you’ve seen, since it is filmed in an O-scale metropolis with scratch-built skyscrapers rising to six feet in height and involves a story, an adventure of sorts. The first half of the video […]
Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 steam test
Editor Jim Wrinn captured this time lapse video on October 10, 2014, of a day’s work on the Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2. The locomotive, which has been out of service since 2000, is being worked on at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Eagle Mountain Garden Railroad
In this visit to Peggy and Gary Martin’s outdoor garden railway, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, you’ll see large scale trains in a distinctly southwestern desert setting. […]
A tour of the “train room”
Name: John Forum User Name: JUSTRAINCRAZY Location: Train room Scale: O Theme: Basement railroad Description: Home layout enjoyed by dad, mom, twin sons, and daughter. […]