Name: New Haven’s Derby Junction Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 15′-6″ x 19′-6″ Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Locale: Shelton/Derby, Conn., and Maybrook, N.Y. Era: late 1940s to mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 32¼” (main), 24″ (sidings) Minimum turnout: no. 5 (main), no. 4 (sidings) Maximum grade: 1.5 percent […]
Model Railroader Editor Neil Besougloff shows how he installed Walthers street system sections and Blair Line grade crossings on our latest project layout. […]
Model Railroader Editor Neil Besougloff shows how he installed Walthers street system sections and Blair Line grade crossings on our latest project layout. […]
Model Railroader Associate Editor Dana Kawala runs the upgraded Walthers N scale Y3a on Managing Editor David Popp’s N scale layout. The Y3a now features a DCC sound decoder. […]
This weathered, 40′ gondola is a new addition to the author’s Lower Paxton & Northern Railroad. It started life as a flat car. Bob Santos 1. This piggy-back flat car from Aristo-Craft provided the basis for the author’s gondola kitbash. Bob Santos 2. The disassembled car, ready to be converted into a gondola. The parts […]
1. With a track height of 60″ there is ample room below the layout for storage and the all important work benches, located here below the mines at Orla. Mike Garforth 3. The front of the layout at the Orla Mine area. The open-fronted boiler house offers one of several “viewing windows” into the layout. […]
Model Railroader Associate Editor Dana Kawala runs the Kato N scale Broadway Limited around Managing Editor David Popp’s Naugatuck layout. The Kato GG1 easily pulled the entire 15-car train. Want to see more product videos? Subscribe to Model Railroader today! […]
Name: Whasup Dock Co. Scale: HO scale (1:87.1) Size: 4′-3″ x 6′-8″ Theme: freelanced Locale: Northeast Era: Summer 1956 Style: Shelf Mainline run: 8 feet Minimum radius: 18″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the March 2009 issue of Model Railroader. Click here to download a PDF of this track […]
Name: White River Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 13′-6″ Prototype: Boston & Maine and Central Vermont Theme: New England main line Locale: White River Junction, Vt. Era: fall 1950s Style: around the walls Mainline run: 34 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the March 2009 […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In addition to the new products received in the Model Railroader offices this week, associate editor Cody Grivno interviews Dave Swanson, Show Chairman of the World’s Greatest Hobby (WGH) on Tour. Dave shares his thoughts about bringing new people into the model railroading […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In addition to the new products received in the Model Railroader offices this week, associate editor Cody Grivno interviews Dave Swanson, Show Chairman of the World’s Greatest Hobby (WGH) on Tour. Dave shares his thoughts about bringing new people into the model railroading […]
The MC&MRRy. at a glance Name: Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway Size of railroad: 30′ x 40′, approximately Scale: 1:24 Gauge: 45mm (no. 1) Era: Pre-WWII Theme: Freelance Colorado narrow-gauge branch line Age: 6 years Motive power: NiMH-battery-operated Delton Consolidation Length of mainline: 130′, (approximately) Maximum gradient: 3.5% Type of track: Micro Engineering, code […]
