After some repairs, paint, and decals, Corey Bonsall took his new-to-him United/PFM Denver & Rio Grande Western L-131 2-8-8-2 brass locomotive for a run on his local club’s layout. […]
D&RGW L-131 break-in run
Section: Layout Visits
Runbys and pacing on my N scale layout
We ran some trains just for fun on my N scale model railroad in this video. I model the Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision which runs from Green River, Wyoming, west to Ogden, Utah. — Roy Smith […]
Volcanoes DO belong on layouts
There is a cartoon on page 81 of the November 2017 Model Railroader which seems to say that a volcano can’t be put on a model railroad layout. Our model railroad club (South Hills Model RR Club) uses the free-mo modular standards for the layout that we assemble for shows and we DO have a […]
Cotton Belt GP20s on the HO scale Pacific & Eastern
A local runs on the HO scale Pacific & Eastern layout at the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club (RVMRC) in Medford, Oregon. See more of the layout in Great Model Railroads 2018. […]
Video: Chris Broughton’s N scale Pennsylvania RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Chris Broughton’s modular N scale layout models scenes along the Pennsylvania RR in 1954. Watch trains run along this model train layout that’s also featured in Great Model Railroads 2018. […]
Video: Chris Broughton’s N scale Pennsylvania RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Chris Broughton’s modular N scale layout models scenes along the Pennsylvania RR in 1954. Watch trains run along this model train layout that’s also featured in Great Model Railroads 2018. […]
Video: HO scale Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Robert Seckler’s HO scale Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR is inspired by the Delaware & Hudson in the 1950s. Watch trains run through some of the detailed New England scenes. […]
Video: HO scale Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Robert Seckler’s HO scale Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR is inspired by the Delaware & Hudson in the 1950s. Watch trains run through some of the detailed New England scenes. […]
Bruce Petty’s Southern Pacific MUG train
Bruce Petty painted and decaled Tyco flatcars to represent an eastbound Southern Pacific train that originated at L.A.’s Taylor Yard and took empty flats back to the mills of Southern Oregon. Watch the train run on the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale Pacific & Eastern layout. You can read all about this layout […]
A day on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Ron Marsh and his family took a recent trip on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. This video journal is full of great narrow gauge steam action as Ron caught all three trains that ran that day in both Durango and Silverton, as well as some beautiful, scenic shots along the line. […]
MRVP Exclusive: MRVP Behind the Camera
You’ve asked us to share what it’s like to work at Model Railroader Video Plus, so that’s just what MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone set out to do in this behind-the-scenes video! In this first of two episodes, follow along as Gerry focuses his cameras on David, Kent, Ben, and Jenny, as they hustle through […]
Video: Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Vern Sargent built his 2 x 3-foot Z scale layout in a closet. See some of the detailed scenes on the Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville model railroad, which is inspired by the Monon and the Milwaukee Road in the 1940s and 1950s. […]
