The Model Railroader staff’s 5 x 8 harbor railroad project begins in the January issue. In part 1 of this new video series, you’ll get an overview of the layout with its designer, David Popp. David also built the modular benchwork for the layout. […]
Section: Modeling
Video: Big locomotives on a small HO scale shelf layout
Check out scenes from this North American themed HO scale shelf layout in Germany. You’ll big Union Pacific steam and diesel locomotives. Video shot by Andreas Rindermann. […]
Video: HO scale Union Pacific stack train through central Texas
Union Pacific stack train with DPU running through the finished part (about 1/3) of Per Laursen’s modern HO scale model railroad. The model train layout theme is UP with BNSF trackage rights in east-central Texas. The main city of Waycross is fictional but the other towns Gladewater, Livingston, and LaGrange are made to resemble the […]
Download our scale and gauge chart
Download the PDF here. […]
Download our scale and gauge chart
Download the PDF here. […]
Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate
Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]
How to paint couplers
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to paint couplers on a locomotive. […]
How to paint couplers
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to paint couplers on a locomotive. […]
The Roundhouse: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Steve Haynes, sales manager for track manufacturer Peco, returns as Hal’s guest on The Roundhouse. Youth in the hobby, the National Train Show, and what it takes to produce models are all topics on this episode. And look for the first Unofficial Roundhouse […]
The Roundhouse: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Steve Haynes, sales manager for track manufacturer Peco, returns as Hal’s guest on The Roundhouse. Youth in the hobby, the National Train Show, and what it takes to produce models are all topics on this episode. And look for the first Unofficial Roundhouse […]
Video: HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kevin Surman models the New York & Long Branch RR, a short line that was jointly owned by the Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania RR, in the late 1950s. Watch passenger and freight trains run through detailed model railroad scenery, […]
Video: HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kevin Surman models the New York & Long Branch RR, a short line that was jointly owned by the Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania RR, in the late 1950s. Watch passenger and freight trains run through detailed model railroad scenery, […]