Name: Toronto Terminals Layout owner: Bob Sprague Scale: HO (1:87.1) Layout size: 10 x 25 feet Locale: Toronto Era: 1980 Style: double deck Mainline run: 158 feet (with helix) Minimum radius: 30″ (mainline), 18″ (industries) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent (helix) This track plan originally appeared in the June 2016 Model Railroader. […]
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Click on the links to the left to download the image size appropriate for your computer screen. The stationmaster at Maple Valley flags down the Red Arrow for a passenger stop on Greg Rich’s HO scale New Baltimore & Fair Haven Ry. Greg detailed and painted 4-4-0 no. 44, a Bachmann model. The station was […]
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HO scale locomotives General Electric U33B and U36B diesel locomotives. U33B: Penn Central, Reading & Northern (two road numbers), and Rock Island (maroon and yellow). U36B: Auto Train and Seaboard Coast Line (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one number and yellow and black). Four numbers per scheme unless noted; undecorated models also available. Prototype-specific details, […]
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In this episode of DCC Programming, hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake walk through the steps required to turn your smart phone into a wireless DCC throttle. The guys use MR’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate the essential components, connections, and JMRI DecoderPro (WiThrottle) setup. You’ll even get to see how universal consisting works […]
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In this episode of DCC Programming, hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake walk through the steps required to turn your smart phone into a wireless DCC throttle. The guys use MR’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate the essential components, connections, and JMRI DecoderPro (WiThrottle) setup. You’ll even get to see how universal consisting works […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Walls and windows are painted on David Popp’s HO scale Madison depot. Now see how he installs the panes, and then adds glazing to complete the windows for this signature structure from MRVP’s Rehab My Railroad series. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Walls and windows are painted on David Popp’s HO scale Madison depot. Now see how he installs the panes, and then adds glazing to complete the windows for this signature structure from MRVP’s Rehab My Railroad series. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp puts finishing touches of paint on the passenger shelters and platforms surrounding the Madison depot. And then, in this final installment of the Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series, you’ll see how the finished components will all fit together on Chuck […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp puts finishing touches of paint on the passenger shelters and platforms surrounding the Madison depot. And then, in this final installment of the Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series, you’ll see how the finished components will all fit together on Chuck […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, the crew’s efforts are headed for the homestretch on Chuck Sable’s HO scale model railroad. Things are shaping up in a cozy corner of the layout, as the entire crew (Drew, Chuck, Cody, David, Ben, Jenny, […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, the crew’s efforts are headed for the homestretch on Chuck Sable’s HO scale model railroad. Things are shaping up in a cozy corner of the layout, as the entire crew (Drew, Chuck, Cody, David, Ben, Jenny, […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow along with host Allen Keller as he tours Bruce Chubb’s HO Scale Sunset Valley Railroad, a freelanced basement layout that’s fully signaled and well-suited for realistic operations! […]
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