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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Out of town

  Arizona & California’s train from Parker, Ariz., arrives in Cadiz, Calif., on June 19, 2013. The train will be interchanged with BNSF Railway there. Photo by Grady McKinley […]

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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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Railroad town

  CSX Transportation C40-8 No. 7572 pounds the diamonds in Marion, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014. In the distance is the former Erie Railroad yard, now used by CSX; at left is Marion Union Station, now a museum. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]

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

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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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