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Section: Modeling
HO scale Boston Maine Bedford Division
Name: Boston & Maine Bedford Division Layout designer: Bill Moore Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 18′-6″ Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Boston & Maine Locale: west-central New England Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 174 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (upper level), 28″ (middle level), 21″ (lower level) Minimum turnout: […]
HO scale Long Island & Lake Erie RR
Name: Long Island & Lake Erie RR Layout designer: Charlie Weinhofer Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 24 feet Prototype: Pennsylvania RR and Long Island RR Locale: New York Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 60 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards), no. 4 (spurs) Maximum grade: 2 percent […]
Build an 1880s oil refinery
Refineries are a fascinating industry to model, and they can add considerable switching activity to a model railroad operating session. Kits for contemporary refineries are available, but they weren’t much help on my 1895-era railroad where the principal retail petroleum product is kerosene instead of gasoline. Some time ago, I became aware of the remains […]
Lionel postwar No. 682 O gauge 6-8-6 locomotive
In the September 2012 issue, Terry Thompson detailed how to restore an iconic Lionel steam locomotive. Use this image as a backdrop on your computer screen. Click on the image size appropriate for your monitor and drag the image onto your desktop. 1600 x 900 wallpaper 1600 x 1000 wallpaper 1600 x 1200 wallpaper […]
The HO scale New England & North Coast
Name: New England & North Coast Layout designer: Sam Novello Scale: HO (1:87.1) Room size: 12 x 14 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: New England seacoast Era: 1955 to 1965 Style: walkaround Minimum radius: 22″ Mainline run: 100 feet Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the July 2012 issue of Model […]
Video: MTH HO scale Alco PA/PB set
The MTH Electric Trains HO Scale Alco PA/PB diesel locomotives feature the Digital Command System (DCS) and the Proto-Sound 3.0 system. See and hear the locomotives in action as they haul a streamlined passenger train around our model railroad. […]
How to make a more realistic puffball forest
The cardboard brings the puffball foliage to the same height as the foreground trees. The screen and cardboard are completely hidden in the finished scene. Modeling a dense forest area on your model train layout can get expensive if you start using individual trees. I found a way to make puffball trees look more realistic, […]
The N scale Oakville sub
Name: The Oakville Sub Layout designer: Jim Reising Scale: N (1:160) Size: 26′-6″ x 52′-0″ Prototype: Union Pacific and BNSF Ry. Locale: Ex-Southern Pacific line between Bakersfield and Tehachapi, Calif. Style: walk-in, partial multilevel Era: present day Mainline run: 222 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 7 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in […]
How to model rust weathering with artist’s oils
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model rust weathering with artist’s oils. […]
How to model rust weathering with artist’s oils
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model rust weathering with artist’s oils. […]
The Operators video: Using Digital Command Control (DCC) sound realistically
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader contributing editor Andy Sperandeo installed a SoundTraxx Micro-Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder into his HO scale Atlas Alco S-2 switcher. Watch as Andy runs the HO scale diesel locomotive on our Beer Line model train layout. He’ll also show […]
