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The Athearn Trains HO scale Southern Pacific SD40 features prototypical details and realistic sound effects thanks to a Ready to Roll SoundTraxx decoder. Watch the diesel locomotive model as it hauls a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David dives into laying track in the staging yard on our N scale project railroad, but before he even opens that brand-new box of flextrack, there’s a lot of other work to do, including painting the roadbed, drilling holes for the switch motors, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The plywood panels are now in place, and the track centerlines are all marked! In this episode of the Canadian Canyons series, it’s time for David to begin the track laying effort by first installing cork roadbed. Follow along, as he demonstrates tips […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David dives into laying track in the staging yard on our N scale project railroad, but before he even opens that brand-new box of flextrack, there’s a lot of other work to do, including painting the roadbed, drilling holes for the switch motors, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gary Randall’s N scale Oregon Middle Division fills a 15 x 17-foot space with the soaring scenery of the Pacific Northwest. Featured in the June 2017 Model Railroader, the layout features tall bridges and both steam and diesel trains. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gary Randall’s N scale Oregon Middle Division fills a 15 x 17-foot space with the soaring scenery of the Pacific Northwest. Featured in the June 2017 Model Railroader, the layout features tall bridges and both steam and diesel trains. […]
Name: Grand Street & Three Rivers RR Layout owner: Rod Stewart Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-0″ x 124′-4″ Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RR Locale: Pennsylvania Era: mid-1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 900 feet Minimum radius: 40″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Benchwork: box grid Height: 391⁄2″ Roadbed: Homasote Track: code […]
Name: Oregon Middle Division Layout owner: Gary Randall Scale: N (1:160) Size: 15 x 17 feet Prototype: freelance, based on Union Pacific Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: none specified Style: walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder with spline subroadbed Layout Height: 39″ to 42″ […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of Atlas Model Railroad Co.’s new HO scale ALP-45DP locomotive and cars and a look at other new model railroading products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. For his modeling tip, Cody heads down to the workshop where […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a quick demo of Atlas Model Railroad Co.’s new HO scale ALP-45DP locomotive and cars and a look at other new model railroading products in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. For his modeling tip, Cody heads down to the workshop where […]
Pacing GN’s Empire Builder westward through the Cascades and the City of Everett in Western Washington State, circa Spring of 1950 on Lee Marsh’s HO scale layout. […]
This video is part of a planned series that highlights operations on the Willow Creek Railroad, an HO-scale 400-square-foot layout set in the early 1950s. This video describes and demonstrates the operations of Local Freight trains on the layout as we follow the work of the River Job Turn. Video by Rod Vance. […]
