Member video: Old time log loading

Old time log loading

This video features prototypical log loading on flatcars in the Cloquet Valley, Minnesota. The homemade log jammer is modeled after a photograph of an early unit. Technique and tools are typical of the time. Also shows the process of moving logs from the woods. Was in use about 1920, but could have been used up […]

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Member video: Old time log loading

Old time log loading

This video features prototypical log loading on flatcars in the Cloquet Valley, Minnesota. The homemade log jammer is modeled after a photograph of an early unit. Technique and tools are typical of the time. Also shows the process of moving logs from the woods. Was in use about 1920, but could have been used up […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 2

David Popp and Dana Kawala in the Model Railroader workshop having a conversation.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 2

David Popp and Dana Kawala in the Model Railroader workshop having a conversation.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]

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WalthersProto HO scale EMD GP30 diesel locomotive

WalthersProto HO scale GP30

WalthersProto HO scale GP30 diesel locomotive Featuring a high level of protoypical detail and available with a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control decoder, the WalthersProto HO scale GP30 captures the sights and sounds of its second-generation prototype. The decoder delivers realistic sound on direct-current and DCC layouts. In the early 1960s, General Electric had severed […]

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Keller Beverage Co. signs for a model railroad

Keller Bier signs for a model railroad

Download signs for Keller Bier and Keller Beverage Co. to use on your model train layout. In the June 2015 Step by Step column, associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model signs on large model railroad industries. He uses the Keller Beverage Co. on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, […]

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HO scale Conrail’s Bald Eagle Branch

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Name: Conrail’s Bald Eagle Branch Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-4″ x 27′-4″ Prototype: Conrail Locale: central Pennsylvania Era: 1996 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent The track plan originally appeared in the June 2015 issue of Model Railroader. Click on the link to download […]

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Model Railroad Operations: Helper Service

train on the MR&T HO scale model railroad layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Andy Sperandeo, a contributing editor for Model Railroader magazine, is back with another helpful model railroad operations tip. This time Andy uses the MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate how a helper (or “pusher”) diesel locomotive assists a heavy train over a stiff […]

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Model Railroad Operations: Helper Service

train on the MR&T HO scale model railroad layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Andy Sperandeo, a contributing editor for Model Railroader magazine, is back with another helpful model railroad operations tip. This time Andy uses the MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate how a helper (or “pusher”) diesel locomotive assists a heavy train over a stiff […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 1

David Popp in striped shirt introducing a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Ask and you shall receive…a response from MR Video Plus, that is! That’s the basic premise for the all-new Ask MRVP show hosted by David Popp. For each episode, we’ll cull through the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you’ve left after viewing recent […]

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DCC Programming: episode 14 – DCC Decoder Testers

Dana Kawala installing a DCC decoder.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page DCC Programming host Dana Kawala talks a bit about testing DCC decoders before you install one into a model railroad locomotive. Dana first explains why that’s a good practice to follow, and then he demonstrates a number of handy decoder testers that make […]

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DCC Programming: episode 14 – DCC Decoder Testers

Dana Kawala installing a DCC decoder.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   DCC Programming host Dana Kawala talks a bit about testing DCC decoders before you install one into a model railroad locomotive. Dana first explains why that’s a good practice to follow, and then he demonstrates a number of handy decoder testers that […]

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