Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past
Scale: HO Scale
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past
Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
DCC Programming: episode 18 – speed table programming
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are to […]
DCC Programming: episode 18 – speed table programming
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 1 – Here’s the plan
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]
Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 1 – Here’s the plan
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]
MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Don and John Santel’s HO Ohio, Michigan, & South Shore RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]
MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Don and John Santel’s HO Ohio, Michigan, & South Shore RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]
Track and wiring for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]
Track and wiring for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR
Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]
Athearn HO scale SD40
The Athearn Ready To Roll SD40 is also available decorated for Burlington Northern Santa Fe. There’s a lot to like about this newly tooled Athearn Ready-to-Roll HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40. From its road-specific details to its SoundTraxx sound decoder, this model ticks many of the boxes on many modelers’ wishlists. The prototype. The six-axle […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Pennsylvania M1a
With the layout scenery shaking from the low-bass thumps of each exhaust stroke, and perfectly timed puffs of white smoke rising above the stack, I half-expected to smell cinders as Broadway Limited Imports’ latest HO scale model of the Pennsylvania RR M1a 4-8-2 rolled by. The model uses the same tooling as the BLI M1a […]
