Midday Modeler — 08-10-2022 — Join the crew in the Model Railroader workshop … this time for another dose of toy trains with Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller. Midday Modeler is a new, regular video segment, recorded live and unscripted from Kalmbach Media beginning in February 2022. The segment features Kalmbach Media staff modeling […]
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CTT September October 2022 issue preview
The September-October issue of Classic Toy Trains features an O gauge layout you can visit: Trains Over Texas! This professionally built display teaches the public about the topography and geology of the Lone Star state and has modern-era Lionel and MTH O gauge trains running through detailed scenes. Also in this issue is a Marx […]
Trains LIVE — Chasing Big Boy
Trains LIVE — Chasing Big Boy Trains LIVE — 08-03-2022 — this week, Bob Lettenberger talks with Kevin Gilliam about his new role as a Kalmbach videographer and their recent adventure chasing Union Pacific No. 4014 — Big Boy! Many will know Kevin through the years as the primary videographer for Trains Magazine DVDs but […]
RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers
RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers RailSmith Models N scale lightweight duplex sleepers: Senior Editor Cody Grivno takes a look at pre-production samples of the new 8-duplex-roomette, 6-roomette, 3-bedroom, 1-compartment lightweight sleeper from RailSmith Models. See cars decorated for Northern Pacific’s 1947 and 1953 North Coast Limited and in Great Northern’s Big Sky Blue […]
Trains LIVE — Chasing Big Boy
Trains LIVE — Chasing Big Boy Trains LIVE — 08-03-2022 — this week, Bob Lettenberger talks with Kevin Gilliam about his new role as a Kalmbach videographer and their recent adventure chasing Union Pacific No. 4014 — Big Boy! Many will know Kevin through the years as the primary videographer for Trains Magazine DVDs but […]
Midday Modeler — 08-03-2022 recorded LIVE!
Midday Modeler — 08-03-2022 — This week Cody Grivno hosts from the Model Railroader workshop. Special guests include Eric White, Brian Schmidt, David Popp, and more! Cody shows off the latest from PIKO America, a Model Railroader freight car in N-scale, plus all the modeling items you might pick up if you are already out back […]
Kitbashing a signature structure | Back on Track, Episode 22
In this episode, Host Gerry Leone departs from work directly on the layout itself. Instead, he shares his techniques for customizing an HO scale Walthers grain elevator kit into much larger structure for a specific space. Getting to know Gerry Leone Back on Track host Gerry Leone is just as clever as he is comedic! […]
Midday Modeler — 07-27-2022 — recorded LIVE!
Midday Modeler — 07-27-2022 — this week is an informative toy train episode with Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller and special guest stars Aaron Skinner, Editor of FineScale Modeler and illustrious toy train aficionado Chris Montagna. See everything you missed that was recorded live for our Facebook audience in Studio B on July 27th. […]
Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a must have for early diesel fans
The Atlas O GP7 locomotive is a model of one of EMD’s diesels that put steam out to pasture. Watch this highly detailed O gauge engine in action as it pulls freight cars around the City Terminal & Transfer layout! Check out the features that make it a hi-railer’s dream. […]
Shay No. 7 and the log operating train
Shay No. 7 and the log operating train Name: Ray Wheeler Railroad Name: Jericho & Mt Zion Railway Location: Lynnwood, WA Scale: G scale Theme: Tourist railroad with freight operations in the modern era. Title: The E.V. Wheeler Timber Company Description: “The E.V. Wheeler Timber Company” – EVWT Shay #7 and log train operating on […]
Trains LIVE — Nashville Steam Preservation Society
Trains LIVE — Nashville Steam Preservation Society Trains LIVE — 07-20-2022 — Enjoy this first-ever presentation of Trains Live with Trains’ own Bob Lettenberger, recorded LIVE in Kalmbach Media’s Studio B! Today’s special guests are Joey Bryan and Stephen Hook of the Nashville Steam Preservation Society. Nashville Steam’s current project is the restoration of former […]
Trains LIVE — Nashville Steam Preservation Society
Trains LIVE — Nashville Steam Preservation Society Trains LIVE — 07-20-2022 — Enjoy this first-ever presentation of Trains Live with Trains’ own Bob Lettenberger, recorded LIVE in Kalmbach Media’s Studio B! Today’s special guests are Joey Bryan and Stephen Hook of the Nashville Steam Preservation Society. Nashville Steam’s current project is the restoration of former […]
