Video: Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR H10s 2-8-0

This HO scale Pennsylvania RR class H10s from Broadway Limited Imports features the firm’s Paragon2 Digital Command Control sound decoder and synchronized puffing smoke. Watch the HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive as it hauls freight on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]

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Video: Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR H10s 2-8-0

This HO scale Pennsylvania RR class H10s from Broadway Limited Imports features the firm’s Paragon2 Digital Command Control sound decoder and synchronized puffing smoke. Watch the HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive as it hauls freight on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]

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Niagara on the run

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New York Central 4-8-4 Niagara 6023 is near the end of its short life as it rambles through Millbury Junction, Ohio, (7.5 miles east of Toledo) with nine-car mail-and-express train X-78 in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]

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MTH RailKing Pennsylvania RR 2-10-0

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O gauge RailKing 2-10-0 by MTH Price: $459.95 (no: 30-1626-1) Features: O-42 operation, can-style motor, smoke unit, coil coupler on tender, ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system, wireless drawbar Current road names: Pennsylvania RR with three road numbers The Pennsylvania RR’s answer to the challenge of always having one more mountain to climb, might well […]

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P5a’s on a PRR freight

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Two Pennsylvania Railroad P5a electrics roll northward with a freight at Halethorpe, Md., in the 1940s. Early P5a’s had box-cab carbodies; later versions with streamlined bodies, such as this pair, were known as “P5a modifieds.” Frank Clodfelter photo […]

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The Gold Rush Special

The Gold Rush Special

Name:    Gary Dennis Railroad Name:    Pinecone County Central Location:    Corsicana, Texas Scale:    G scale Theme:    Back woods of East Texas Description:    This is special run of the Gold Rush Special through Pinecone County. […]

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The Gold Rush Special

The Gold Rush Special

Name:    Gary Dennis Railroad Name:    Pinecone County Central Location:    Corsicana, Texas Scale:    G scale Theme:    Back woods of East Texas Description:    This is special run of the Gold Rush Special through Pinecone County. […]

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Western Pacific 0-6-0 No. 165 nears first hydro test NEWSWIRE

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Former Western Pacific 0-6-0 No. 165 rests in the Portola shop during its lengthy restoration. Mike Mucklin Staff works to install the new cab on No. 165. Mike Mucklin PORTOLA, Calif. – The Feather River Rail Society is moving ahead with restoration of Western Pacific 0-6-0 No. 165. Chris Allan, Feather River Rail Society steam […]

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Build a Mason Bogie locomotive

Build a Mason Bogie locomotive

In the December 2014 issue, Mike Garforth shows us how to kitbash a Mason Bogie, using a Piko locomotive as a starting point. Mike has generously provided 10 step-by-step PDFs detailing the project. Also, despite our best efforts to compress these files, they are graphically intense and may take a few minutes to download. Part […]

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 30 – Steam locomotive weathering

Close view of a steam locomotive's top side.

While we’ve addressed how to weather modern diesel locomotives in other MRVP videos, David Popp takes on the challenge of giving the Olympia Logging Co. steam locomotives an aged appearance. Follow along as he demonstrates how to use an airbrush to apply various paint color effects — all without impacting the performance of our layout […]

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