Note: This article originally appeared in the June 2013 Model Railroader. Mike updated his plan and wrote a followup story in the July 2018 issue. Ever since receiving my first Hornby train set as a child in 1954, my modeling interests were focused on the railways of my home country, Great Britain. About 10 years […]
Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Pennsylvania RR class I1 no. 4471 switches the Atlas Coal tipple at Atlasburg, Pa., on Curt LaRue’s HO scale Burgetts Branch, PRR Panhandle Division. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page What’s new in Cody’s Office? Check out sound-equipped Pennsy E units in HO from Walthers, MR&T cabooses in N from Atlas, and more in this month’s episode. Down in the Model Railroader workshop associate editor Cody Grivno also gives you tips for adding […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page What’s new in Cody’s Office? Check out sound-equipped Pennsy E units in HO from Walthers, MR&T cabooses in N from Atlas, and more in this month’s episode. Down in the Model Railroader workshop associate editor Cody Grivno also gives you tips for adding […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues working in his emergency grain car project. This time he’s showing a few more painting and weathering techniques used to give the plastic parts the look of real wood. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues working in his emergency grain car project. This time he’s showing a few more painting and weathering techniques used to give the plastic parts the look of real wood. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala, senior editor for Model Railroader magazine, recently got his hands on a unique product, the ProtoThrottle from Iowa Scaled Engineering. Watch this video to see how Dana uses the ProtoThrottle’s realistically modeled levers, buttons, and dials to enhance the operation of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala, senior editor for Model Railroader magazine, recently got his hands on a unique product, the ProtoThrottle from Iowa Scaled Engineering. Watch this video to see how Dana uses the ProtoThrottle’s realistically modeled levers, buttons, and dials to enhance the operation of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt shows you how to build a better-looking boggy area to compliment the forests on your layout. Her secret to success in this scene is a base application of brown floor grout. Watch and learn the tips and tricks she employs […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt shows you how to build a better-looking boggy area to compliment the forests on your layout. Her secret to success in this scene is a base application of brown floor grout. Watch and learn the tips and tricks she employs […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Chesapeake & Ohio class J3a 4-8-4 Greenbrier steam locomotive. “The Greenbrier Presidential Express” (one road number), in-service version (with smoke deflectors in one number, without in four numbers), and excursion service (Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System Railroads, and […]
Rapido Trains HO Budd Rail Diesel Car The car that revived branchline passenger operations for many railroads after World War II stands ready to do the same for HO scale railroads. Rapido Trains has released a highly accurate model of the Budd Rail Diesel Car, or RDC, in three body styles. Available equipped with an […]
