Ask MRVP: Episode 11

David Popp in the Model Railroader workshop holding a tool.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Nailed it! That’s just one of the responses David Popp offers to the numerous questions that he addresses in this month’s episode of Ask MRVP! Along with David Popp, Cody Grivno also chimes in to answer YOUR inquiries related to layout scenery, trackwork, […]

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MR Insider: March 2016

Jenny Freeland pointing at writing on a whiteboard

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Sound the alarm! MRVP’s Jenny Maaske fills you in our BIG plans for March 2016, as MR Video Plus closes in on its third birthday! But as Jenny reveals here, you certainly wont’ have to wait ’til April to see stellar new videos […]

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Kevin Keefe interview

Man wearing blue shirt and glasses, speaking.

Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach Publishing and Trains editor 1992-2000, to talk about his tenure with the magazine. Keefe, who is retiring in March, talks about working in downtown Milwaukee with David P. Morgan, Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225, the famous Trains 55th anniversary issue, […]

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NP Z-8 Challenger 4-6-6-4 by 3rd Rail

NP Z 8 4 6 6 4 01

Name:    sam parfitt Forum User Name:    sa Railroad Name:    none Location:    n/a Scale:    3 rail Theme:    contemporary engines Description:    3rd rail NP Z-8 4-6-6-4 challenger. The best sound that I’ve ever heard coming from a model steam engine. […]

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Bob’s Train Box: Episode 61

Bob Keller sitting at his desk

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob’s Train Box returns in 2016! Host Bob Keller highlights several new O gauge toy trains and ancillary products, including new freight cars from ETS, Atlas O, and Menards; passenger cars from MTH; a large industrial structure from Menards; books from various publishers; […]

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Trains Presents: 611 in winter

Steam locomotive with smoke clouds

Follow along with famed Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 on its 2016 journey from Virginia to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. See the classic streamlined steam locomotive and other trains out along the Norfolk Southern main line. Be sure to check out our special issue, 611 In Steam, and related […]

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EMD SD70ACe-T4 video tour

Interior locomotive controls.

Have you seen the latest in diesel locomotive technology? Associate Editor Steve Sweeney walks through the new Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe-T4 locomotive at the 2015 Railway Interchange trade show in Minneapolis with a factory representative. Learn more about the locomotive and see it up close, inside and out! […]

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