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This HO scale Alco HH-660 from Atlas Model Railroad Co. includes a QSI Quantum Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Listen to this HO diesel locomotive as it switches freight cars on this model train layout. […]
Our preferred method of transferring a track plan to a flat tabletop uses a computer to download and print out the full-scale template of the Readers’ Choice Railroad so we can easily tell how track, accessories, and some scenery elements work on our 4 x 8-foot perimeter. Download the template here. […]
Our 2010 survey asked what you, our readers wanted in a layout. We compiled all of your feedback and we present this project railroad designed just for you. For the Readers’ Choice RR we chose a lightweight benchwork option that was new to us, and found that the Mianne benchwork system was an ideal solution. […]
The MTH Electric Trains HO scale bipolar features pantographs that raise and lower, remote opening couplers, and sound effects. Equipped with the MTH Digital Command System (DCS), the locomotive runs on direct-current (DC), Digital Command Control (DCC), and DCS layouts. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
Name: Ida Valley Ry. Layout designer: Bob Allen Scale: Large scale narrow gauge (1:35) Size: 21 x 51 feet Prototype: New Zealand Rys. Locale: Otago Province, South Island, New Zealand Era: 1955 to 1965 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 240 feet Minimum radius: 72″ Minimum turnout: Peco medium radius Maximum grade: 1.1 percent Originally appeared in […]
Name: Bay Junction (Milwaukee, Racine & Troy) industries and tracks Layout designers: The MR staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6′-8″ x 26′-0″ Theme: freelanced junction town Locale: southern Wisconsin Era: 1990s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 42 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (except as noted) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Name: New Mexico Division Layout designer: Bob Foltz Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 45′-7″ x 47′-8″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: Northern New Mexico Era: 1951 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 30″ (all others), 26″ (narrow gauge) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 3.2 percent […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch this video showing trains running through scenes on this Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad that’s set in 1955-1965. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch this video showing trains running through scenes on this Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad that’s set in 1955-1965. […]
Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo finishes up the corn syrup transloading terminal in Williams Bay. He’s adding a Walthers HO scale chain link fence. Associate editor Cody Grivno is in the workshop detailing diesel locomotives for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll also see associate editors Steve Otte and Kent Johnson working on other […]
In this episode Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo discusses the prototypical arrangement of the signals in Bay Junction. He’ll also show you some of the trackside details that he added to some of the turnouts on our HO scale model train layout. Managing editor David Popp then gives an overview of a typical day […]
Model Railroader executive editor Andy Sperandeo finishes up the corn syrup transloading terminal in Williams Bay. He’s adding a Walthers HO scale chain link fence. Associate editor Cody Grivno is in the workshop detailing diesel locomotives for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll also see associate editors Steve Otte and Kent Johnson working on other […]
