Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model railroad structures are highlighted in this episode of Cody’s Office. You’ll see a selection of structure kits and assembled models in N, HO, and O scales. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to use different types of […]
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Look buster, get out of my way
Kansas City Southern’s crack passenger train, the “Southern Belle,” ran head on into a standing freight train at Baton Rouge, La., on Dec. 8, 1967. A northbound freight with three GP30s was set to hold the main, and await the passenger train, which would take the siding. The front end brakeman on the freight was […]
Now departing Cumberland
The lead F-unit of six pulling a westbound Baltimore & Ohio Time Saver train eases along in front of the Cumberland, Md., station on a July 1956 day. The train is bound for points west via Grafton, W.Va. Read more about Cumberland, the shop, and the B&O in the March 2012 issue of Trains. Photo […]
Video: Bachmann On2 1/2 Porter 0-4-0T
The Bachmann Spectrum series 0-4-0T includes a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. See and hear this On2 1/2 (On30) steam locomotive in action. […]
How to model discarded ties
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model discarded ties. […]
Vintage video footage of a Lionel showroom layout
Lucky youngsters from the 1920s to the 1960s were privileged to visit Lionel’s showroom in New York City to admire its trains and accessories operating on the great layouts there. Decades later we can only envy them for being there to view the landmark displays. […]
Video: Mainline “mile” in O gauge
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Video: Lionel’s O gauge Wabash passenger set
This Lionel O gauge Wabash Blue Bird passenger set honors one of the premier trains that at one time ran daily between Chicago and St. Louis. […]
Video: Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale F-M H-24-66 Train Master
Watch this HO scale Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66 Train Master diesel from Atlas Model Railroad Co. run on the Model Railroader staff’s layout. This Gold Series model features a QSI Quantum Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]
I want an electric train for Christmas
Just for over-aged toy train “nuts” who happen to be doowop music nuts too! (Am I the only one who shares these hobbies?) […]
New twist on intermodal
Motorists on I-94 must have done a double-take when this flatbed truck carrying Flagg Coal Co. No. 75 came rolling past on August 16, 2011. The 0-4-0 tank engine built in 1930 was headed to its home in Indiana after a weekend of operations on the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wis. Photo by […]
Video: Tinplate line starter set by Lionel-MTH
This outfit is from the fun era of toy trains when what people bought were representations of the real thin, not scale models. […]