MR Insider Weekly: August 4, 2014

Drew Halverson

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider Weekly for August 4, 2014, gives you a chance to ride with host Drew Halverson and Tom “Sherpa” Danneman, art director for Trains magazine, on an epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota! Fast-paced trains, stunning, model-worthy scenery, […]

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Backwaters

BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4956 leads an intermodal train east along the Mississippi River near Galena Junction, Ill., on Oct. 16, 2010. Photo by Steve Bauer […]

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Flyover

Norfolk Southern train No. 334 makes its way eastbound as it flies over the NS East End District in Leeds, Ala., with C40-9 No. 8840 leading a leased unit on Nov. 5, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]

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MR Insider: National New York Central Railroad Museum

National New York Central Railroad Museum sign

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page While MRVP Producer David Popp and MR Editor Neil Besougloff were heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for the NMRA National Convention 2014, they took a side trip to Elkhart, Ind., to visit the National New York Central Museum. Steam, diesel and electric motive power […]

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Olympia Logging Series: Part 16 – Shaping scenery forms

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Kent Johnson shares techniques he uses to transform the stacks of flexible foam blocks into a more natural, gradually sloping mountainside on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. You’ll see how to work with a handy hot wire cutting […]

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Moving the logs on the Little River Rail Road

Moving the logs on the Little River Rail Road

Name:    Tom Grabenstein Railroad Name:    Little River Rail Road Location:    The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee Scale:    1:20.3 Theme:    Logging Description:   The fifth video from Little River RR productions and Choo Choo Films is a tribute to the 8 and 16 mm films made by railfans and company men toward the end of logging by […]

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MR Insider Weekly: July 28, 2014

Ben Lake at his desk

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala’s DCC Programming Series has struck a chord with MRVP viewers! So this week on MR Insider Weekly, Ben Lake gets the scoop on the next episode addressing Configuration Variable (CV) 29. In addition to a quick preview of the forthcoming (arriving […]

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Workhorse

Providence & Worcester train WX-2, with GP40-2 No. 3002, works the hump yard at Worcester, Mass., on the afternoon of Aug. 31, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]

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