This video describes Coxton Yard on my HO layout, the Wyoming Division of the Lehigh Valley. It covers the design and track plan of the center of operations on the layout, and the system used to classify the freight cars. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
Here’s a video of realistic uncoupling techniques for model trains using dual magnets on my Lehigh Valley RR layout. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
This video on the Coxton Yard describes how to use the control panel and how the turnouts are thrown using a diode matrix. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
Take a cab ride around our HO scale modern Norfolk Southern layout with operating CTC signals. The video was shot with a go pro and a cab picture was added with computer editing software. Video shot by Joshua Clark […]
Take a cab ride around our HO scale modern Norfolk Southern layout with operating CTC signals. The video was shot with a go pro and a cab picture was added with computer editing software. Video shot by Joshua Clark […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Alco C-424 and C-425 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. C-424 (Phase II): Erie Mining (one road number); Springfield Terminal (Guilford); and Toledo, Peoria & Western (two numbers). C-424 (Phase III): Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and Morristown & Erie (two numbers). C-425 (Phase […]
Name: Leadville & Red Cliff (LARC) Layout designer: Bill and Steve Brown Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 40 feet Prototype: Union Pacific (lower level), Rio Grande Southern and Denver & Rio Grande (upper) Locale: Central and Southern Colorado Era: Modern day (lower level), 1949 (upper) Style: walkaround Mainline run: 300 feet (standard gauge), 75 feet (narrow […]
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Model Railroader recently had a chance to look at hand-painted, pre-production samples of the HO scale WalthersMainline Budd 85-foot passenger cars, scheduled for release in January 2015. The newly tooled cars, which can operate on 18” radius curves, will feature truck-mounted couplers, 36” turned-metal wheelsets, sprung diaphragms, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. The gap between the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Modern sound decoders have made it possible for your model locomotives to sound just like the real thing. In this episode, DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala shares a few ways to tweak the sound effects to further enhance the realistic operation of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Modern sound decoders have made it possible for your model locomotives to sound just like the real thing. In this episode, DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala shares a few ways to tweak the sound effects to further enhance the realistic operation […]
Name: CSX Indianapolis Sub Layout designer: Robert W. Sprague Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 21 x 21 feet Prototype: CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Locale: Indiana Era: present day (could be backdated to pre-2000) Style: walk-in Mainline run: 142 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 20″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent (main), 2 percent (to […]
