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Learning to install the LionChief app on your smartphone or tablet is nothing to fear. Years ago, there was only one way to run our toy trains, and that was with a transformer. Today, we’re fortunate to have a lot of options to control our trains, including remotes that come with sets and smart devices […]
Midday Modeler — 05.25.2022 — This week is Model Railroader’s first live streamed “fun run” around the MR&T model train layout. MR&T officially stands for Milwaukee, Racine & Troy — a fictitious railroad based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Unofficially, the letters represent Model Railroader and Trains — for the two original magazines that formed the core of Kalmbach Media’s early […]
Apply decals and finishing an N scale locomotive. Senior Editor Cody Grivno shares the final steps to decorating an Atlas EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotive model into Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model railroad colors. To close out the effort, his process starts by applying waterslide decals, adding weathering effects, and then re-assembling the unit for layout […]
Bob Keller and Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller have a look at the new MTH Trains’ O gauge RailKing Imperial SD70ACe and caboose set. Since the latter is lettered for Canadian Pacific, of course it’s a “van.” This episode also reveals Menard’s new Cripple Creek Switch Tower, and a variety of new books and […]
WalthersMainline General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar Senior Editor Cody Grivno reviews the HO scale General Steel Castings 53-foot bulkhead flatcar from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. The model, part of the WalthersMainline, has a newly tooled die-cast metal body and is offered in six paint schemes (and undecorated). The model is based on full-size cars […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcar Watch as Editor Eric White reviews these new 86-foot quad-door high-cube boxcars from Tangent Scale Models. Eric goes over the underbody details and checks the trucks, couplers, and car weight on this new model. Get a closeup look at all of the separately applied detail and […]
Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2 Bring the modern era to your HO scale model railroad with the Athearn Genesis 2.0 Electro-Motive Diesel SD70M-2. Senior Editor Cody Grivno reviews this HO scale model. See (and hear) the features on the model and watch it lead a train on Model Railroader’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff […]
An afternoon passenger train run on the Jericho & Mt. Zion Railway Name: Ray Wheeler Railroad Name: Jericho & Mt. Zion Railway Location: Lynnwood, WA Scale: G scale Theme: Tourist railroad with freight operations in the modern era Description: J&MtZ 4-6-0 #17 makes the run with the afternoon passenger train. Music from Epidemic Sound, “Waiting […]
This review of the Lionel Legacy Acela High Speed Train Set is by Chris Montagna of the popular Chris’s Trains and Things channel on YouTube. One of the more highly-anticipated models from Lionel in its 2021 Volume 1 catalog was the re-release of the Acela High-Speed Train Set. We’ve come to expect Lionel to re-release […]
Shaping the Diorama – Kathy Millatt’s Let’s Make a Scene video series first appeared on Model Railroader Video Plus, and now continues on Trains.com. In this episode, you can follow along as she forges ahead with the basic framework, ground contours, and rocks of her spring and fall season scenery diorama. Even better, Kathy has […]
Midday Modeler — 05.18.2022 — This week hosted by Hal Miller. This week Hal and company offer up modeling tips, tricks, and updates. Hal and Cody Grivno start off with a review of new shiny red and chrome Santa Fe locomotives in large scale. Hal offers up smoke fluid demonstrations. David Popp and Brian Schmidt […]
Midday Modeler — 05.11.2022 — in this episode, Hal Miller, Cody Grivno, and Eric White talk about the modeling, toy trains, and Model Railroader! Midday Modeler is a new, regular video segment, recorded live and unscripted at Kalmbach Media beginning in February 2022. The segment features Kalmbach Media staff modeling and talking about model railroads in a […]
