This HO scale Alco HH-660 from Atlas Model Railroad Co. includes a QSI Quantum Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Listen to this HO diesel locomotive as it switches freight cars on this model train layout. […]
Section: Trains Video
Video: MTH HO scale bipolar electric
The MTH Electric Trains HO scale bipolar features pantographs that raise and lower, remote opening couplers, and sound effects. Equipped with the MTH Digital Command System (DCS), the locomotive runs on direct-current (DC), Digital Command Control (DCC), and DCS layouts. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
Video: Layout tour of Tony Bowen’s N scale Rock Island Lines
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch this video showing trains running through scenes on this Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad that’s set in 1955-1965. […]
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Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo finishes up the corn syrup transloading terminal in Williams Bay. He’s adding a Walthers HO scale chain link fence. Associate editor Cody Grivno is in the workshop detailing diesel locomotives for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll also see associate editors Steve Otte and Kent Johnson working on other […]
Building Bay Junction part 21
In this episode Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo discusses the prototypical arrangement of the signals in Bay Junction. He’ll also show you some of the trackside details that he added to some of the turnouts on our HO scale model train layout. Managing editor David Popp then gives an overview of a typical day […]
Video Bachmann HO three truck Climax
The Bachmann Spectrum three-truck Climax geared locomotive includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch us run the HO scale model on the Model Railroader club train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You can also read a complete review of this locomotive model. […]
Modelers Spotlight Video–Inside Cody’s Office for March 31, 2011
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy April Fools! This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model patched-out freight cars without having to do any masking. New products include an N scale GP15-1 diesel locomotive from Atlas, HO scale 77-foot Pullman Standard chair cars from […]
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Some areas of the Model Railroader staff’s Bay Junction model train layout have been declared finished, but there are still a few places that need some finishing touches. Associate editor Cody Grivno is working on some loose ends in between the rails of the track, while senior editor Dana Kawala finishes up the fertilizer plant […]
Building Bay Junction part 15
The town of Williams Bay takes shape on the HO scale Bay Junction project. Model Railroader associate editor Steve Otte shows some of the scratchbuilt interior buildings that he made for a block of structures from a Walthers Merchant’s Row kit. On the opposite end of the layout, executive editor Andy Sperandeo installed a kitbashed […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video– Inside Cody’s Office for March 17, 2011
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You may have already checked out our new Virginian Ry. layout on the Model Railroader webcam. In this week’s Cody’s Office Model Railroader staff members Eric Stelpflug and Neil Besougloff will show you how they make puffball trees for this model train layout. […]
Dennis Brennan’s layout video
Dennis Brennan’s article on taking great photos of your layout (May 2011 issue) gives you the information you need to take the best pictures possible of your home railroad. […]
Building Bay Junction: Part 16
Editor Neil Besougloff declares one end of the Model Railroader staff’s Bay Junction project model train layout complete. On the other end of the layout, Neil and managing editor David Popp continue to rejuvenate scenery with additional ground cover. David has also installed and painted rock castings for the riverbed. […]