Name: Los Angeles Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 5′-0″, x 9′-6″ Prototype: Los Angeles Junction Ry. Era: present day Style: shelf Mainline run: not applicable Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none The track plan originally appeared in the May 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download a […]
Scale: HO Scale
Computer desktop wallpaper from the October 2016 Model Railroader
Click on the links to the left to download the image size appropriate for your computer screen. Bona Vista RR Consolidation no. 28 belches smoke as it heads upgrade on frequent Model Railroader contributor Gerry Leone’s new HO scale Bona Vista RR, currently under construction. Click on the links below to download the appropriate image […]
HO scale Chicago & North Western Ry.
Name: Chicago & North Western Ry. Layout owner: Don Drum Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 27 x 43 feet Prototype: C&NW Lakeshore Division, Ashland District (Eland, Wis., to Ashland, Wis.) Locale: northern Wisconsin Era: summer 1956 to 1960 Style: walk-in Benchwork: L-girder and open grid Height: 49″ to 55″ Roadbed: 1⁄2″ plywood, 1⁄2″ Homasote, and 1⁄4″ […]
HO scale New York Central, Mattoon and East St. Louis, Ill.
Name: New York Central Layout owner: Mike Havens Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18 x 25 feet Prototype: NYC Locale: Illinois and Indiana Era: 1950 to mid-1960s Style: walk-in double-deck Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.25 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 45″ Roadbed: Homasote on 3⁄4″ plywood, some cork […]
MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Severna Park Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Chesapeake & Allegheny
Enjoy the remarkable urban scenery found on the Severna Park Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Chesapeake & Allegheny! In this Video Vault segment, host Allen Keller tours the historic Maryland layout with club member Logan Holtgrewe. […]
MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Severna Park Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Chesapeake & Allegheny
Enjoy the remarkable urban scenery found on the Severna Park Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Chesapeake & Allegheny! In this Video Vault segment, host Allen Keller tours the historic Maryland layout with club member Logan Holtgrewe. […]
Video: Mike Havens HO scale New York Central Midwestern Main Line
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Havens’ HO scale model railroad is set along the New York Central System through Illinois and Indiana. Don’t miss the full story of Mike’s model train layout in the October 2016 Model Railroader. This online bonus video follows a coal train through […]
Video: Mike Havens HO scale New York Central Midwestern Main Line
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Havens’ HO scale model railroad is set along the New York Central System through Illinois and Indiana. Don’t miss the full story of Mike’s model train layout in the October 2016 Model Railroader. This online bonus video follows a coal train through […]
Video: Pelle Søeborg’s HO scale Daneville Sub part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg provides an overview of his spectacular HO scale Daneville Sub in the March 2014 issue of Model Railroader. Watch trains run through the realistic desert and town scenes of this modern-era model train layout. […]
Video: Pelle Søeborg’s HO scale Daneville Sub part 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg provides an overview of his spectacular HO scale Daneville Sub in the March 2014 issue of Model Railroader. Watch trains run through the realistic desert and town scenes of this modern-era model train layout. […]
Casting a tunnel liner and portal for the Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White describes how he made his own molds out of styrene to make plaster castings. He used this technique to create the tunnel portal and liner on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Eagle Mountain project model train layout. […]
Casting a tunnel liner and portal for the Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White describes how he made his own molds out of styrene to make plaster castings. He used this technique to create the tunnel portal and liner on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Eagle Mountain project model train layout. […]