This is my third extreme weathered project, this time a heavyweight passenger car. This HO scale passenger car is a wooden kit made by Labelle. Some of the upper detail components were separately purchased brass parts, lower details are plastic. The doors I custom made using my home made CNC Mill-Laser. Wood is not very […]
Scale: HO Scale
WRF layout update 2018
After almost two years of building, here’s a brief photo update of “White Road Forest,” my small shelf layout. Having no place at home, I built the layout in the back of the warehouse where I work using some second-hand components (for lower cost). I made “the private spot” using a couple of shelves as […]
New model trains for the week of January 4, 2018
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40P-2 diesel locomotive. Southern Pacific (no. 3197 in American Revolution Bicentennial and scarlet and gray schemes; nos. 7600 through 7602 in factory weathered scarlet and gray) and Union Pacific (two road numbers). Light-emitting-diode headlights, vinyl m.u. hoses, and wire grab irons. Direct-current model, $189.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, […]
HO scale Baltimore & Ohio
Name: Baltimore & Ohio Layout owner: John Listermann Scale: HO (1:87.1 ) Size: 32 x 35 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the B&O Locale: West Virginia Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 500 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2.7 percent Benchwork: L-girder and open grid Height: 36″ to 54″ […]
HO scale Pacific Coast Lines
Name: Pacific Coast Lines Layout owner: Steve Mahan Scale: HO (1:87.1), HOn3 (1:87.1, 3-foot gauge) Size: 42 x 57 feet Prototypes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; Western Pacific; Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: Southern California Era: 1952-1960 Style: multi-deck walk-in Mainline run: 1,600 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the February 2018 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Dave Bigge photographed this stunning shot of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe El Capitan on his HO scale Cajon Pass layout that’s set in 1956. Click on the links below to download the photo sized appropriately for your […]
New model trains for the week of December 21, 2017
Accurail HO scale assorted freight car kits HO scale freight cars Assorted freight car kits. St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Pullman-Standard 4,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay covered hopper, $19.98. Baltimore & Ohio 50-foot welded-side plug-door boxcar, $17.98. Erie 36-foot double-sheathed boxcar with wood ends and straight underframe, $17.98. Fowler 36-foot single-sheathed boxcar (undecorated, Mineral Red with data only, and […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Pullman Park series N scale sleepers in distinctive shadowline paintschemes highlight the new model railroad products featured in this month’s Cody’s Office. In addition Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno also discusses uncoupling cars on a grade, tips for creating operating paperwork […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Pullman Park series N scale sleepers in distinctive shadowline paintschemes highlight the new model railroad products featured in this month’s Cody’s Office. In addition Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno also discusses uncoupling cars on a grade, tips for creating operating paperwork […]
Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 3
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Exclusive content from Kathy Millatt continues on MR Video Plus! In this episode, our contributing editor shifts her attention to shaping the most noticeable and detailed foreground trees on her HO scale New Haven layout. Follow along as she walks you through the […]
Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 3
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Exclusive content from Kathy Millatt continues on MR Video Plus! In this episode, our contributing editor shifts her attention to shaping the most noticeable and detailed foreground trees on her HO scale New Haven layout. Follow along as she walks you through the […]
Bowser Trains HO scale GMDD SD40-2F
Bowser Trains HO scale GMDD SD20-2F The plastic body shell features many separate metal and plastic detail parts. Engineer’s side of the Bowser Trains HO scale SD40-2F For the first time in plastic, a cowl-body SD40-2F rolls along HO scale rails thanks to Bowser Trains. Dubbed “Red Barn” by railfans, the cowl body locomotive is […]