This multi-level layout plan, contributed Lou Melick, first appeared in the December 2007 issue of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS. A previously published CTT track plan inspired this affordable and fun holiday layout. […]
Christmas toy train track plan
Section: Modeling
Modeler’s spotlight video for October 8, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Model Railroader Associate Editor Cody Grivno shows you how to weather your model rolling stock’s wheels using a microbrush and Polly Scale Railroad Tie Brown acrylic paint. His technique also works for painting wheel faces without removing them from the truck. […]
Modeler’s spotlight video for October 8, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Model Railroader Associate Editor Cody Grivno shows you how to weather your model rolling stock’s wheels using a microbrush and Polly Scale Railroad Tie Brown acrylic paint. His technique also works for painting wheel faces without removing them from the truck. […]
Kent Johnson’s O gauge hi-rail layout
Subscribers can watch these scenes filmed on location at Senior Editor, Kent Johnson’s O gauge hi-rail home layout. […]
Norm Charbonneau’s locomotive servicing terminal
Norm is back, and in our November 2009 issue he shows you the latest addition to the realistic modeling on his home railroad. […]
Ray Mansfield’s O gauge layout video
The mid-1990s were a great time in toy trains full of changes in both the trains themselves as well as in command control. For Ray Mansfield, it was the time to launch work on the layout he had been waiting all his life to build. Watch the streaming video below demonstrating some of the exciting […]
Bristol Ferry Terminal RR
Name: Bristol Ferry Terminal RR Scale: N (1:160) Size: 1′-6″ x 8′-0″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR and Boston & Maine RR Locale: New England Era: Early 1950s Style: Island Mainline run: 8 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 6½ percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue […]
Pennsylvania RR, Willsburgh Division
Name: Pennsylvania RR, Willsburgh Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 13′-6″ x 17′-4″ Prototype: PRR Locale: Freelanced from central Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Md. Era: 1947-1952 Style: Double-track loop main line with stub-end terminal Mainline run: 118 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of […]
Tuxedo Junction
Name: Tuxedo Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12 x 37 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Locale: Southwestern U.S. Era: 1952 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 235 feet Minimum radius: 32″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF […]
Norm Charbonneau’s Hi-rail Layout
In the November 2009 issue, Norm tells you how he built his locomotive servicing terminal to showcase big steam power. The cover story in CTT’s November 2008 HI-RAIL SPECIAL issue was on the stunning 19 x 22-foot layout created by Norm Charbonneau. A weathered Lionel New York Central L2a 4-8-4 Mohawk spins on the Bowser […]
Video: Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 HO J1E Hudson
The Paragon2 J1E Hudson 4-6-4 features an all-new Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder and realistic synchronized smoke. Watch us run the model as it leads a New York Central passenger train. […]
Build a 1:22.5-scale W&Q boxcar PDF
Download the PDF of this project here. Note: This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our […]
