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This episode of Off The Rails is nuts! But it’ll make perfect sense to a smart and savvy model railroader like you, and the show host Gerry Leone! While Gerry ventures away from the rails, he still manages to keep right on track in one particular aisle of his local hardware store. Join him as […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Craftsman Wayne Wesolowski, along with Allen Keller, share insights on how to select top-quality wood material for modeling uses. In this 1980s vintage video, Wayne also presents an array of essential tools you’ll want to have handy when you start work on a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this Video Vault segment, host Allen Keller tours Gordon North’s Denver & Western O scale narrow gauge layout featuring numerous scratchbuilt wood structures. […]
In this all-new MRVP series, watch and learn as David Popp walks you through, step-by-step, the full sequence for installing Digital Command Control on a large model railroad. To get things started, David first provides a quick overview of DCC starter systems, and then he gets to work adding a DCC power bus line under […]
Trains video contributor Kevin Gilliam takes us on a steam-and-smoke-filled look into one of North Carolina’s tourist gems: The Tweetsie Railroad. See what this narrow gauge railroad has to offer in the Blue Ridge Mountains, only from Trains! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Sellers’ HO scale Dayton & Southern RR is a freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a Baltimore & Ohio branch line. The model train layout is set in the 1950s and features many detailed industrial scenes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Sandy Colabufo’s N scale Annaville & Adirondack is a freelanced model train layout that’s inspired by the Delaware & Hudson RR. The N scale model train layout measures 9 x 21 feet and features an upstate New York setting. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The On30 Dolly Varden models British Columbia in the 1920s. Mining scenes and mountainous terrain highlight the 3 x 28-foot shelf layout. You can read all about this layout in Great Model Railroads 2017. […]
Drew Halverson flips the script when he heads to the Pacific Northwest for a little R&R. Of course, Charlie Conway hosts Drew around Northern Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash., and then a quick stop to catch the railroad action at BNSF’s Balmer Yard. […]
Charlie Conway and Tom Danneman launch into their exploration of the Columbia River Gorge. In addition to capturing images of spectacular scenery and engineering, the two find plenty of Union Pacific and BNSF freight trains snaking along the curvaceous riverfront main line. […]
Globetrotter Charlie Conway is back in the Pacific Northwest chasing trains with Tom Danneman, the Art Director for Model Railroader and Trains magazines. For this Postcard to pal Drew, the duo opted for a slow and steady trackside “pursuit” near Toledo, Ore., deep into rainy, coastal mountain terrain. […]
