Video: Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 4

Steve Otte working on a model house.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor […]

Read More…

Building a 5 x 8 Harbor Railroad part 3

A Model Railroader holding a model building.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Layout designer David Popp describes his strategy for using various turnouts on the Rice Harbor project layout. The turnouts are controlled by New Rail Models Blue Point controllers. You’ll also get a look at the benchwork for the folding staging track and see […]

Read More…

Building a 5 x 8 Harbor Railroad part 2

Hands holding a structure

Work continues on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Rice Harbor project layout. David Popp begins track work on the railroad. Editor Neil Besougloff discusses his options for modeling a passenger station that will fit the model railroad’s setting and era. […]

Read More…

Family Train Layout: episode 5 – adding hills and trees

Family Train Layout adding hills and trees

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this fifth and final installment of the Family Train Layout project, David shows viewers how to spruce up the railroad by adding a vacuum-formed hill, trees, and other small details. Would you like to learn more about how to get started in the […]

Read More…

N scale Toledo Industrial RR

MRRB0214_Aplan

Name: Toledo Industrial RR Scale: N (1:160) Size: 1′-8″ x 7′-0″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Toledo, Ohio Era: 1970s to early 1980s Style: shelf Mainline run: 10 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: Peco small radius Maximum grade: none Originally appeared in the February 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of […]

Read More…