The layout is 5 x 9 feet. It features a postwar freight powered by Lionel’s 726 Berk and an MPC Congressional set powered by my custom painted GG-1. This is the first time a “G” has been on my Christmas Layout. This passenger train is one serious holiday train. The layout is minus the snow […]
Name: Ilya Krishtal Railroad Name: Zavoronki Railroad Location: Russia, Zavoronki village Scale: 1:22.5 Theme: First winter day run! Description: I installed special equipment in my Baldwin Forney 2-4-4 steam locomotive. Now I can run this locomotive on battery power with radio control even in winter! Russian winters are always very cold and snowy and this […]
Follow freight, passenger, and POV trains along Silicon Valley Free-moN’s layout at the Great Train Expo in Pleasanton, California. Modular layouts like Free-moN allow multiple members to run massive trains over many scale-miles of track (much more possible than at home!) while socializing and “suckering” newbies into the wonderful world of Model Railroading. Video shot […]
This is Ted McLean’s N scale railroad located just outside Philadelphia, PA. His scenery and reproduction of certain areas are impeccable. It’s a shame most of you can’t see it in person. It’s a masterpiece. Enjoy! Video shot by William Fagan […]
Join Trains’ Editor Jim Wrinn on a three-day adventure watching Union Pacific Big Boy-type No. 4014 take its first baby steps toward restoration in Pomona, Calif. Jim’s three-minute time lapse video documents the painstaking work of Union Pacific’s heritage department in hand-laying track and carefully towing the giant 4-8-8-4 locomotive in sweltering early autumn weather. […]
The new HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette streamliner from Walthers features EMD E7A diesel-electric locomotives equipped with SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. The passenger car models feature overhead interior lighting. See and hear this detailed HO scale passenger train as it makes a run across the Model Railroader staff’s layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to assemble a Walthers HO scale ranch tract house kit. In part 1 of 2 episodes, he covers wall assembly, preparing sub-assemblies, plus prepping and painting detail parts. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Some great new locomotives, freight cars, and other model railroading related items arrived this month at Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to easily paint and install flexible acetal plastic handrails on your diesel locomotive models. As usual […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this installment, MR Senior Editor Dana Kawala shows you how to use simple and more advanced DCC programming to run multiple locomotives in a single consist. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Former Trains publisher Kevin Keefe and Classic Trains editor Rob McGonigal are Hal’s guests on this episode of The Roundhouse. In this installment, the three dive into subjects such as best train movie, what period would you model, and why steam locomotives are […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David uses our HO scale Thin Branch project layout to show you a simple technique for modeling an industrial track laid into gravel or dirt, which makes it easy for vehicles to drive over the rails. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Realistic model railroad scenery is much easier once you know how to apply static grass. Kent Johnson shows you how easy it is to apply these small rayon fibers, which stand on end just like real grass! […]
