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Name: Chris Haon Railroad Name: Georgia Garden Railway Society Location: Kennesaw, GA Scale: 1:29 Theme: Display Layout Description: Over the weekend of Jan. 30 & 31 The Georgia Garden Railway Society setup a G Scale display layout for The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History during their Trains, Trains, Trains event. Over the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Our Winston-Salem Southbound locomotive painting project continues. This time, Cody shows how to complete the final detail work before cleaning the assembly, and then heading to the paint booth to apply a primer coat. […]
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! See fast freights, now-historic Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, and even Nickel Plate Road No. 765! Bought to you by Trains Magazine! Watch more: Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 2 Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 3 Trains Presents: Winter at the […]
Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt talks with John Gruber about the history of the famed Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee interurban and a related art exhibit at the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Grohmann Museum. Gruber is a co-founder of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, based in Madison, Wis., and a curator of the exhibition […]
The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues preparing our Athearn Genesis EMD GP9 for painting and decoration. In this video, he demonstrates how to perform a detailed cleaning of the shell, along with showing steps for removing, patching, and replacing various components to match the Winston-Salem Southbound prototype […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out new HO and N scale freight cars and locomotives with Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno. Cody will also give you tips for weathering roadways with paint and an airbrush as he puts the finishing touches on his N scale T-Trak […]
Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 1980s vintage video, MR Contributor Allen Keller demostrates specific techniques used when painting and weathering railroad models with an airbrush. He also shares tips for cleaning an airbrush after use. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]
