Video: Leadville and Red Cliff

Leadville and Red Cliff

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Will and Steve Brown built a dual-deck, dual-era HO scale model railroad with modern-era diesels running on the lower deck, and narrow gauge steam running on the upper deck. Both decks feature stunning Colorado mountain scenery. […]

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Video: Leadville and Red Cliff

Leadville and Red Cliff

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Will and Steve Brown built a dual-deck, dual-era HO scale model railroad with modern-era diesels running on the lower deck, and narrow gauge steam running on the upper deck. Both decks feature stunning Colorado mountain scenery. […]

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Video: Weathered rooftops on the HO scale Daneville Sub

Weathered rooftops on the HO scale Daneville Sub

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg shows off the weathered rooftops on his HO scale locomotives and rolling stock in this video taken on his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub model railroad. Be sure to check out his article outlining techniques for realistically weathering […]

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Video: Weathered rooftops on the HO scale Daneville Sub

Weathered rooftops on the HO scale Daneville Sub

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg shows off the weathered rooftops on his HO scale locomotives and rolling stock in this video taken on his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub model railroad. Be sure to check out his article outlining techniques for realistically weathering […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale UP 4-8-2 steam locomotive

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale UP 4-8-2 steam locomotive A Union Pacific class MT-73 available in multiple versions joins Broadway Limited Imports’ HO scale steam roster. The detailed model, which features a dual-mode BLI Paragon2 sound decoder and a synchronized puffing smoke unit, operates smoothly on both Digital Command Control and direct-current (DC) layouts. The […]

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Walthers HO scale Amfleet coaches and club cars

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Walthers HO scale Amfleet passenger cars Walthers, like prototype builder Budd Co. before it, has built on its Metroliner multiple-unit cars to bring newly tooled Amfleet equipment to HO. The cars are offered in both Amfleet I and II body styles. The Amfleet I models depict an 84-seat coach and an Amcafe. The Amfleet II […]

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Atlas HO scale 40′-6″ postwar boxcar

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Atlas HO scale 40 ft 6 inch postwar boxcar Price: $27.95 Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1945 to late 1970s Comments: Atlas now offers a transition-era 40-foot boxcar in its Master Line of ready-to-run rolling stock. The Association of American Railroads 40′-6″ postwar boxcar, originally offered as […]

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Bachmann HO scale Bethlehem Steel 100-ton 3-Bay hopper

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Bachmann HO scale Bethlehem Steel 100-ton 3-bay hopper The HO scale Bethlehem Steel 100-ton-3-Bay Hopper is a release from the “Bachman Silver Series” rolling stock line. The car I am reviewing is decorated for the regional railroad of “Wheeling And Lake Erie Railway.” The paint is crisp and the colors match the rail colors exactly, […]

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Young Model Railroader reader meets favorite author

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Model Railroader reader Derrick traveled all the way from California to visit contributing editor Pelle Søeborg at his home in Denmark. Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg welcomes occasional visitors to his home in Denmark, and among the most memorable was Derrick of California. Derrick is a Model Railroader subscriber. According to Derrick’s mother, he […]

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Bachmann HO scale GP30 diesel locomotive

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Bachmann HO scale GP30 diesel locomotive Bachmann has revised and updated its HO GP30 locomotive. The original GP30 body was brought out by Lionel in the late 1970s, and Bachmann has equipped it with a succession of underframes, motors, and mechanisms. As of 2014, there is a revised and updated version of this model, with […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 18 – Modeling hay bales

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode Cody shows how to makes pasture-perfect hay bales in minutes. He also demonstrates a practical new product used for checking rolling stock weight and coupler height against recommended standards. Cody answers as many of your questions and comments as possible, […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 18 – Modeling hay bales

farm field scene on a model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode Cody shows how to makes pasture-perfect hay bales in minutes. He also demonstrates a practical new product used for checking rolling stock weight and coupler height against recommended standards. Cody answers as many of your questions and comments as possible, […]

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