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Video: HO scale River Falls & Eastern Ry

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Larry Hickman’s HO scale River Falls & Eastern Ry. is a freelanced model railroad set in West Virginia from 1959 to 1960. The layout is inspired by the Baltimore & Ohio, Western Maryland, and New York Central. Watch this video tour of trains […]

Video: HO scale Northern Memories model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Camping trips along the Chicago & North Western as a kid inspired John Mueller to build his HO scale Northern Memories model railroad. The layout is set in northern Wisconsin in the early 1950s. In this video you can watch steam and diesel […]

Video: Animate structures using microcontrollers

In the April 2016 Model Railroader, author Bruce Kingsley shows how to add sound and animation to a structure model using Arduino circuit boards. Watch the video clip to see the finished results of Bruce’s project. In addition to watching the video, you can also download Bruce’s sound file. Download a PDF copy of the source […]

T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog – The Fun Run

The Model Railroader team standing around their model set.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that the team has completed all of the N scale T-Trak modules, the only thing left to do is assemble them into a layout! Project hosts David Popp and Kent Johnson, along with the rest of the resident builders, share the fun […]

A scenery base for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR

Mountains play an important part on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Eagle Mountain RR project layout. Associate editor Eric White describes how he used plaster gauze over a cardboard web to achieve the rocky scenery base found on the 4 x 8 model train layout. […]

Making up for lost time

Steve Crise See the story in the January 2016 issue! Watch an exclusive video of his layout now. […]

Video: Rio Grande in the Rockies

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Danneman’s N scale Moffat Road model train layout is set in the Colorado. Watch Rio Grande freight trains and they run through the detailed scenes on this 18′-6″ x 24′-9″ model railroad. […]

T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog – Recap

The Model Railroader team standing around a table.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a fitting finale to the T-Trak Group Project efforts, MRVP’s Kent Johnson sits down with each builder to inspect his/her completed module and talk briefly about the lessons learned! […]

Track and wiring for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR

Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]