Video: On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR

On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Birdsong’s 12 x 24-foot On30 (O scale narrow gauge) model railroad is set in southern Mississippi in 1910. Watch geared locomotives haul passengers and freight on this spectacular model train layout. […]

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Video: On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR

On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Birdsong’s 12 x 24-foot On30 (O scale narrow gauge) model railroad is set in southern Mississippi in 1910. Watch geared locomotives haul passengers and freight on this spectacular model train layout. […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak model railroad episode 2

Hand measuring off track section

The benchwork is built for the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project. Next comes the tricky task of transferring the track plan to the foam tabletop. Get some tips from Model Railroader Video Plus producer David Popp, including a look at the layout’s styrene backdrop and the wiring channel around the tabletop. […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak model railroad episode 2

Hand measuring off track section

The benchwork is built for the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project. Next comes the tricky task of transferring the track plan to the foam tabletop. Get some tips from Model Railroader Video Plus producer David Popp, including a look at the layout’s styrene backdrop and the wiring channel around the tabletop. […]

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History According to Hediger: Interlocking insights

Man with model interlocking machine

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s senior editor Jim Hediger returns to the MRVP studio! In this episode, he first explains how a real plant works, before describing how former MR editors Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard engineered a model for use on an HO scale […]

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Gn3 Denver & Rio Grande Western

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Gn3 Denver & Rio Grande Western track plan Name: Denver & Rio Grande Western Layout designer:  John Johnson Scale: Gn3 (1:22.5 proportion) Size: 20 x 55 feet Theme: D&RGW Locale: Colorado Era: 1950s Style: Continuous-run display Mainline run: 300 feet Minimum radius: 8 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: Plywood on […]

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HO scale Grand Junction RR

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HO scale Grand Junction RR from the February 2015 Model Railroader Name: Grand Junction RR Layout designer: Rolf Malmborg Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13 x 24 feet Prototype: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific along the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Locale: western Colorado and eastern Utah Era: 2006 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 160 feet […]

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