The mid-1990s were a great time in toy trains full of changes in both the trains themselves as well as in command control. For Ray Mansfield, it was the time to launch work on the layout he had been waiting all his life to build. Watch the streaming video below demonstrating some of the exciting […]
In the November 2009 issue, Norm tells you how he built his locomotive servicing terminal to showcase big steam power. The cover story in CTT’s November 2008 HI-RAIL SPECIAL issue was on the stunning 19 x 22-foot layout created by Norm Charbonneau. A weathered Lionel New York Central L2a 4-8-4 Mohawk spins on the Bowser […]
The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum held its annual night photo shoot on June 13, 2009, at Willimantic, Conn. Framed by the museum’s six-stall roundhouse, the six pieces of equipment arranged for the photo are (from left) a GE 44-tonner (built in 1950 for the Long Island Rail Road), a Narragansett Railway speeder, a GE 45-tonner […]
The Paragon2 J1E Hudson 4-6-4 features an all-new Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder and realistic synchronized smoke. Watch us run the model as it leads a New York Central passenger train. […]
In the November issue Model Railroader managing editor David Popp describes how he added ballast and scenery to the Waterbury Industrial District on his N scale New York, New Haven & Hartford layout. In this part David gives you tips for installing ground cover of varying textures, making gravel roads and paths, and installing static […]
Staff comments on this train set included Roger Carp’s opinion that this is your chance to pick up a handsome classic with modern features – bringing back wonderful memories of Lionel’s second version of the Pennsy’s Congressional train. […]
Enjoy a streaming video of the Milwaukee Road 4-6-4 by Weaver Models! It retails for $1,095, and features 0-42 operation, brass construction, can-style motor, Lionel RailSounds and Train Master systems, Train America Studios’ fan-driven smoke unit and Engineer-On-Board speed control, and coil coupler. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You get two model railroading tips this week. First Associate Editor Cody Grivno shows you how to use decal film for your next project. Then Managing Editor David Popp shows you how he used insulation displacement connectors (also called “suitcase” connectors) for making […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate Editor Cody Grivno takes you on a video tour of this modern-era shelf layout built by the Model Railroader staff. Cody will give you an overview of each scene and show you how the WSOR interchanges with our large HO club layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the September issue expert modeler Pelle Soeborg gives you tips for making your layout look realistic in photographs. Subscribers can check out this video of trains running on Pelle’s modern-era Union Pacific layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page See some of the latest model train products with Associate Editor Cody Grivno. Watch Cody as he runs the DCC sound equipped E8 diesel on our latest N scale project layout. You’ll also get a tip for making your turnouts more realistic by […]
Back in the day the postwar-style GG! was an impressive model of the nation’s premier electric-profile locomotive. This Lionel model is a well-made rendering of a postwar icon. […]
