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Name: Boston & Maine RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15 x 18 feet Prototype: freelanced B&M Locale: New Hampshire seacoast to the mountains Era: September 1954 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 115 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the December 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Scale: S (1:64) Size: 25 x 44 feet Prototype: Buffalo Creek & Gauley Locale: West Virginia Period: 1957 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 110 feet Minimum radius: 32″ (visible track), 24″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 11/2 percent (BC&G), 2 percent (ERC&L) Originally appeared in the December […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to easily work with white or light colored decals. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to easily work with white or light colored decals. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Senior editor Jim Hediger is the last staff member to have worked directly for the late Linn Westcott, a model railroading pioneer and the long-time editor of Model Railroader magazine. Jim shares a few of his favorite stories as well as vintage photos. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Subscribers can watch these scenes filmed on location at Senior Editor, Kent Johnson’s O gauge hi-rail home layout. […]
Norm is back, and in our November 2009 issue he shows you the latest addition to the realistic modeling on his home railroad. […]
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 […]
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 […]
