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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page It’s into the Way-Back Machine for this episode of History According to Hediger. In 1959 Jim was part of a fantrip on the Wabash RR, put on by the Michigan Railroad Club, and he shares many great pictures from the event in this […]
In the September 2013 issue, visit Caryl Pettijohn’s Hollyberry Farm Train Barn, a stone barn converted into a home for Caryl’s stunning 44 x 60-foot Standard gauge layout. […]
Great Model Railroads 2014 features 10 outstanding railroads in N, HO, and O scales. Use these images from this Model Railroader special issue as backgrounds on your computer screen. Click on the image size appropriate for your monitor and drag the image onto your desktop. Click to order Great Model Railroads 2014! Gerry Alber’s HO […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you his technique on how to fade freight cars. He’ll also show you some new model railroading products in HO and N scales, including the Walther’s 0-8-0 steam locomotive with DCC and sound. Viewer mail includes questions about […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you his technique on how to fade freight cars. He’ll also show you some new model railroading products in HO and N scales, including the Walther’s 0-8-0 steam locomotive with DCC and sound. Viewer mail includes questions about […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains staff member Kent Johnson has a fabulous 3-rail O scale layout in his basement depicting the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Kent applies the same weathering and realism to his toy-train layout that one would to a scale railroad, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Neil and David were in Atlanta for the National Train Show, they took a side trip to Kennesaw, Ga., to visit the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. Included in the museum’s collection is The General, the 4-4-0 Western & […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Walthers has released a new version of the firm’s HO scale bi-level Pullman Standard commuter passenger cars decorated for the Chicago & North Western RR. The new models feature detailed interiors and lighting, and MR’s Jim Hediger makes a detailed survey of the […]
In the September 2013 issue, explore Jeff Silk’s stunning 26 x 50-foot O gauge Mount Marlborough RR. This layout takes you across the Golden State through landscapes inspired by the Silk family’s favorite destinations. This video is courtesy of TM Books & Video. […]
The Sunset Models HO scale class Z-8 Challenger is a superdetailed brass locomotive that accurately models the Northern Pacific prototype. The HO scale 4-6-6-4 also features a QSI Titan Digital Command Control (DCC) stereo sound decoder. See and hear the Challenger haul a freight train on our club layout. […]
A Mantua 0-4-0 is the test bed here. I’ve replaced the original open-frame motor with a can motor. I then added a Micro Tsunami and a KA2 module from TCS. No modifications were done concerning electrical pickup. It still only picks up current on the right from the engine’s two wheels, and the four left […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After building the tank and roof in part 1 of this Video Step by Step project, Steven Otte shows you how he completed his model of an HO scale wood water tank. […]
