Video: HO scale River Falls & Eastern Ry

HO scale River Falls Eastern Ry

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Larry Hickman’s HO scale River Falls & Eastern Ry. is a freelanced model railroad set in West Virginia from 1959 to 1960. The layout is inspired by the Baltimore & Ohio, Western Maryland, and New York Central. Watch this video tour of trains […]

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Video: HO scale Northern Memories model railroad

HO scale Northern Memories model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Camping trips along the Chicago & North Western as a kid inspired John Mueller to build his HO scale Northern Memories model railroad. The layout is set in northern Wisconsin in the early 1950s. In this video you can watch steam and diesel […]

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Video: Animate structures using microcontrollers

Animate structures using microcontrollers

In the April 2016 Model Railroader, author Bruce Kingsley shows how to add sound and animation to a structure model using Arduino circuit boards. Watch the video clip to see the finished results of Bruce’s project. In addition to watching the video, you can also download Bruce’s sound file. Download a PDF copy of the source […]

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T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog – The Fun Run

The Model Railroader team standing around their model set.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the team has completed all of the N scale T-Trak modules, the only thing left to do is assemble them into a layout! Project hosts David Popp and Kent Johnson, along with the rest of the resident builders, share the fun […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 30 – Thompson River Trek

In this extended-length episode, you’ll come to appreciate just how quickly real railroads (and Drew) can be humbled by Mother Nature! This time, Drew, Kent, and Charlie Conway forge through desert-like heat, high winds, and rugged terrain in Canada’s Thompson River Canyon. The action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National main lines sizzles too, as […]

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Video: Bachmann HO scale E-Z App Alco RS-3

Bachmann HO scale EZ App Alco RS3

This HO scale Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive from Bachmann Trains features the firm’s new E-Z App control system. Using Bluetooth technology, this app allows modelers to run an E-Z App locomotive using an Apple iOS device. Watch senior editor Dana Kawala, run the E-Z App RS-3 and trigger sound effects along the Model Railroader staff’s […]

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Clearing the snow on the Smoke & Oak RR

Yellow garden-scale railroad snowplow cleaves through snow on an outdoor layout.

Name:    Charlie Zimmerman Railroad Name:    Smoke and Oak RR Location:    Central Pennsylvania Scale:    1:29 Theme:    Reading Railroad Description:    Three Reading GPs work a snow plow around the mainline so that freight and passenger service can be restored. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 10

David Popp sitting at a table with various freight cars.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page So many questions, and so many answers in this month’s Ask MRVP! In this episode, David Popp, Cody Grivno, Dana Kawala, Drew Halverson, and Steve Sweeney of Trains magazine help cover topics ranging from prototype railroad operation to T-Trak trackwork to painting techniques, […]

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