Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP answer man David Popp is never afraid to field your tricky questions! This month, David, with help from MR’s Neil Besougloff and Cody Grivno, tackles topics related to adding decals, improving locomotive and rolling stock performance, selecting era-appropriate details, building bridges, turntable […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big blow turbines and subway cars highlight this latest edition of Cody’s Office. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s layout where he’ll give you a quick demo of the all-new ESU LokSound equipped, HO scale Union Pacific GTEL […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Big blow turbines and subway cars highlight this latest edition of Cody’s Office. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno down to the Model Railroader staff’s layout where he’ll give you a quick demo of the all-new ESU LokSound equipped, HO scale Union Pacific GTEL […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Sellers’ HO scale Dayton & Southern RR is a freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a Baltimore & Ohio branch line. The model train layout is set in the 1950s and features many detailed industrial scenes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Sellers’ HO scale Dayton & Southern RR is a freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a Baltimore & Ohio branch line. The model train layout is set in the 1950s and features many detailed industrial scenes. […]
Caboose Hobbies, known as The World’s Largest Model Train Store, is now under new ownership and will move to a new retail location in the Denver, Co., metropolitan area. This announcement comes from the new owner Kevin Ruble via the Caboose Hobbies website at www.caboosehobbies.com. In August 2016, former owners Duane and Joanna Miller had […]
Name: Dayton & Southern Layout owner: Dave Sellers Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-9″ x 47′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Baltimore & Ohio branch Locale: Southwest Ohio Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Maximum grade: 3 percent Minimum turnout: no. 4 Benchwork: L-girder, open grid, and shelf Height: 36″ to 52″ Roadbed: […]
Name: Kansas City Terminal Ry. Layout owner: Jim Senese Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11 x 21 plus 11 x 40 Prototypes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Kansas City Southern; Kansas City Terminal; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Missouri Pacific; and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco). Locale: Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas Time: 3 p.m. Nov. 15, 1980 Style: around-the-walls Mainline […]
Name: Santa Fe, Colorado & Western RR Layout owner: Scale Rails club Scale: N (1:87.1) and HOn3 (HO scale, 3 foot track gauge) Size: 27 x 42 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: California and Colorado Era: 1955-1965 Style: multi-level, walk-in Mainline run: 731 feet Minimum radius: […]
Name: West Virginia & Southern Ry. Layout owner: Terry B. Ketcham Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 40 feet Prototype: Norfolk & Western Locale: Southeastern W.Va. Era: 1950s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 32″, 44″ and 60″ Roadbed: Homabed Track: code […]
