Name: Virginia & Southern RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 4 x 8 feet Theme: Main line coal hauling Locale: Appalachian mountains Era: 1950s Style: island Mainline run: 19 feet (double-tracked) Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent This track plan was originally published in the March 2016 Model Railroader. Click on the link […]
The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]
The Athearn HO scale Ready-to-Roll Electro-Motive Division SD40 features many roadname-specific details. The model also features a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch the SD40 work a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s Troy Branch model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues preparing our Athearn Genesis EMD GP9 for painting and decoration. In this video, he demonstrates how to perform a detailed cleaning of the shell, along with showing steps for removing, patching, and replacing various components to match the Winston-Salem Southbound prototype […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody continues preparing our Athearn Genesis EMD GP9 for painting and decoration. In this video, he demonstrates how to perform a detailed cleaning of the shell, along with showing steps for removing, patching, and replacing various components to match the Winston-Salem Southbound prototype […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out new HO and N scale freight cars and locomotives with Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno. Cody will also give you tips for weathering roadways with paint and an airbrush as he puts the finishing touches on his N scale T-Trak […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out new HO and N scale freight cars and locomotives with Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno. Cody will also give you tips for weathering roadways with paint and an airbrush as he puts the finishing touches on his N scale T-Trak […]
Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]
