Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western Layout owner: Ed Miller Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25′-6″ x 41′-6″ Prototype: D&RGW Locale: Colorado and Utah Era: steam-to-diesel transition Style: around the walls with peninsulas Mainline run: 461 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 36″ to 49′-6″ Roadbed: […]
Name: Ogdensburg & Norwood Ry., Northern Division Layout owner: Jim Heidt Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 30 plus 7 x 20 feet Prototype: Ogdensburg & Norwood Locale: upstate New York Era: July 1948 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 404 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 36″ (lower deck), […]
Name: West Deerfield Industrial Park Layout owner: Paul Boehlert Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6′-8″ x 7′-11″ Theme: industrial switching Locale: northeastern United States (as shown) Era: modern Style: shelf Mainline run: not applicable Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: none This track plan originally appeared in the February 2017 Model Railroader. Click […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout to share the preparations, processes, and common practices for an operating session […]
In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the railroad and evaluates the sequence of movements required to get cars into […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy holidays from Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you the basics of setting up a holiday train set. He’ll also give you a quick demo of a SoundTraxx-equipped Athearn HO scale SD39 diesel […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy holidays from Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you the basics of setting up a holiday train set. He’ll also give you a quick demo of a SoundTraxx-equipped Athearn HO scale SD39 diesel […]
In this concluding episode of MRVP’s Digital Command Control installation series, David Popp teams up with DCC Programming host Dana Kawala to demonstrate how to add wireless throttles to a large layout. With the railroad untethered, David offers a final overview of the upgrades he made to our HO scale Beer Line layout throughout the […]
