Name: Dyer Junction & Eureka Layout Owner: Jim Molloy Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 5′-4″ x 15′-9″ Prototype: freelance Locale: Northern California Era: mid 1930s Style: shelf Mainline run: 15′-9″ Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: 1 x 3 joists topped with 1/4″ plywood and 2″ Styrofoam Height: 43″ Roadbed: 1/16″ […]
Scale: HO Scale
Ask MRVP: Episode 22
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Back to business! Host David Popp has swapped out his Hawaiian shirt for an MR shop apron and a long list of your questions to answer. This month, hobby-related inquiries cover wiring concerns, trackwork troubles, scenery material selection, plus skirts and pan flutes. […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 22
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Back to business! Host David Popp has swapped out his Hawaiian shirt for an MR shop apron and a long list of your questions to answer. This month, hobby-related inquiries cover wiring concerns, trackwork troubles, scenery material selection, plus skirts and pan flutes. […]
Video: Tour the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee Racine & Troy
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow an executive special train as it tours the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Highlights of the MR&T include many scenes that have appeared in the magazine over the years, as well as project model railroads, such […]
Video: Tour the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee Racine & Troy
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow an executive special train as it tours the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Highlights of the MR&T include many scenes that have appeared in the magazine over the years, as well as project model railroads, such […]
Baltimore & Ohio, the Ridgely Division
Baltimore & Ohio train no. 722 heading to D. Lee Coal Co. with a train of empty hoppers. Video shot by Dale Ridgeway […]
Baltimore & Ohio, the Ridgely Division
Baltimore & Ohio train no. 722 heading to D. Lee Coal Co. with a train of empty hoppers. Video shot by Dale Ridgeway […]
2017 Railroad Hobby Show report
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive HO scale locomotives Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive. Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (Montreal’s commuter agency). Details, release date, and price to be announced. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode locomotive Bombardier Transportation ALP-45DP dual-mode […]
HO scale Baltimore & Ohio Ridgley Division
Name: Baltimore & Ohio Ridgley Division Layout owner: Dale Ridgeway Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18 x 20 feet Prototype: inspired by the B&O, Pennsylvania RR, Norfolk & Western Locale: central West Virginia Era: 1964 to 1967 Style: multilevel, walk in Mainline run: 175 feet Minimum radius: 24″ (main), 18″ (balloon track at D. Lee Coal […]
HO scale Central Vermont RR
Name: Central Vermont Layout owner: Dave Mitchell Scale: HO (1:87.1) Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Central Vermont Locale: northern Vermont Era: early 1950s Mainline run: 18 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.6 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 45″ Roadbed: cork on Homasote Track: code 83 sectional […]
New desktop wallpaper from the March 2017 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Great Northern S-1 no. 2551 has coupled onto its train and is ready to depart Everett, Wash., on Lee Marsh’s HO scale model railroad. Lee’s trackside photo is featured in the March 2017 Model Railroader. This month you can […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 4 – The Snake Track Job
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp and Jenny Maaske are set to show you that realistic model railroad operation has never been easier to learn and enjoy! Using Model Railroader magazine’s all-new HO scale Beer Line layout extension as their “gameboard,” the two team up to […]