ExactRail HO scale Berwick 7440 boxcar The model also features a detailed underbody. The Berwick Forge & Fabricating 7,440-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar is the latest addition to Exact Rail’s HO scale Platinum line. The plastic model features a one-piece body with separate roof, factory-applied details, and wire uncoupling levers. The model. Our sample is decorated as Penn […]
Tony describes how he kitbashed the feed mill, pictured on the left, of his portable O scale Wingate model railroad. Using parts from two Atlas O Ace Feed & Supply kits, Tony rearranged the side walls and added a second story turned sideways to create a more realistic footprint and to disguise the kit’s all-too-familiar […]
Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. The prominent sign of the beverage store at Thomasville Crossing is a prominent scene on Brian Wolfe’s HO scale Western Maryland Ry. Blue Ridge Division model train layout. The image is also this month’s featured desktop wallpaper download. Click […]
Roadname- and roadnumber-specific details abound on this pair of Canadian National GP9 diesel locomotives Both also come factory-equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. Watch senior editor Dana Kawala use the Geeps to work some freight along the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
The layout at a glance Name: St. Louis Junction Layout designer: John Schindler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 60 feet Prototype: BNSF Ry., CSX, Norfolk Southern, Terminal RR Association of St. Louis, and Union Pacific Locale: St. Louis area Era: 2010 Style: multi-deck walk-in Mainline run: 275 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. […]
The layout at a glance Name: Western Maryland Ry. Blue Ridge Division Layout designer: Brian Wolfe Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28 x 39 feet Prototype: Western Maryland Ry. Locale: Maryland/Pennsylvania border Era: 1970 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 29″ (main), 18″ (Hagerstown wye) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (yards) […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44AC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage III in five road numbers, one number with primer repairs, one number with silver plow, and two numbers with replacement Nathan K3LA air horn), Canadian Pacific (as delivered in two numbers, with Hi-Ad trucks and Positive Train Control antennas in four numbers), and Union […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David is back to building out his O scale (1:48) Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout. But this time, he’s got a little bit of extra help from MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone! Watch as the two team up to construct new benchwork for […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp is back for more Q&A in 2020. In this episode of Ask MRVP, he addresses model railroading topics ranging from trackwork to painting to freight/passenger car modeling to prototype railroading practices …and so much more! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno demonstrates a Model Rectifier Corp. Prodigy Advanced Squared DCC system, a new narrow gauge steam locomotive from Bachmann Trains, and other new products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices this month. He even takes the new AtlasTrainKids […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody shares a quick and easy way to add illuminated lamps to a darkened station platform on our MR&T HO scale layout. His secret to success (and simplicity) can be found in the Dwarvin Enterprises Lamplighter System that uses fiber-optic cables. Watch the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Steve “Regular Guy” Brown first shows his process for trimming the dock piling level with the paved pad, before sharing how he added finishing touches to both components of Port Smith. Plus, you’ll also see a sneak peek at the making […]
