Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500

Title screen of Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500 Product Review video

The Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500 pays a visit to the Jones Island section of our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff layout. Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno discusses the features on the end-cab switcher, which is being offered with light-emitting-diode lighting and a SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder for the first time. In addition, he […]

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Model Railroader After Hours | January 4th, 2024

Model Railroader After Hours | January 4th, 2024. After Hours is an informal livestream hosted by Trains.com staff members… after the “work” of the day is done, there’s aways something else fun! This time, host David Popp, along with Bryson Sleppy, continue to make progress on their N scale T-Trak modules. Of course, the guys […]

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Trains.com Video BONUS | Behind Spaces and Places

Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone has been one of Trains.com’s most recognized and most prolific contributors for many years running. From the pages of various Model Railroader magazines, special-issues, and books, to the numerous video series he’s hosted for Model Railroader Video Plus, Trains.com, Trains.com Video, and Model Railroader DVDs, you’ll find he’s all about […]

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Northern Pacific Slenderella Salad

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Trains LIVE — Northern Pacific Slenderella Salad Trains LIVE — 1-4-2023 — Happy New Year and welcome to 2023. Did you know that of the top five New Year’s resolutions made annually, three of them involve fitness, health, and a better diet? Our resolve regarding our resolutions fades quickly, however. In 2022, surveys indicate that […]

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David Parks’ Cumberland West in HO scale

David Parks’ Cumberland West in HO scale | In this Trains.com Video exclusive, modeler David Parks shares his large HO (1:87) scale layout built in Northern California. David has deftly combined elements of the Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland railroads as they operated in 1953 in and around Cumberland, Maryland. As narrated by 0ur […]

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Trains LIVE — ‘Trains’ milestone

Two men seated at a table for an interview. Trains milestone.

Trains LIVE — Trains milestone — 12-27-2023 — For the 1,000th time the presses have rolled to produce another issue of Trains Magazine. As Carl Swanson, current Trains editor, noted: It is rare for a publication to reach the milestone of 1,000 issues. Trains is the second magazine in the Kalmbach family to do so […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO EMD GP35

Title screen from Broadway Limited Imports HO scale EMD GP35 Product Review video.

The Broadway Limited Imports HO EMD GP35 visits our Wisconsin & Southern staff layout in this Product Review video. Join Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he talks about the features on our Paragon4-equipped Chicago, Burlington & Quincy sample. Learn more about the sound and light functions on the four-axle road locomotive, see it […]

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Trains LIVE — ‘How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work’

A man next to the image of a book cover. Trains LIVE — 'How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work'

Trains LIVE — How Diesel & Electric Locomotives Work — 12-13-2023 — The combination of the diesel engine and electric traction motor revolutionized railroading. In the past century, the diesel and its companion electric locomotive have advanced from new technology to some of the most high-tech vehicles on steel wheels. Finding out what goes on […]

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DCCconcepts Aegis system

Screen capture of a man standing in front of a model railroad introducing a product review video.

Model Railroader Contributing Editor Larry Puckett hosts our latest Product Review video to talk about the features on the DCCconcepts Aegis system, an upgrade for NCE’s Digital Command Control PowerCab. You can read his review of the system on page 16 of the January 2024 issue of MR. The Aegis system maintains all the functions […]

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Trains.com Fireside Train Set

Trains.com Fireside Train Set | ‘Tis the winter season. Whether it is warm or cold, bright or dark, few things soothe the heart more than a crackling fire — and a toy train! Turn on your phone, tablet, computer, or even your big screen, smart TV, find your warmest, fuzziest slippers, and then sit back […]

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Trains LIVE — Union Pacific’s Ed Dickens

Trains LIVE — Union Pacific’s Ed Dickens — 08-17-2022 — Between July 28 and 30, 2022, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 made a trip from its home base in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Denver and back. Bob Lettenberger, Tr ains associate editor, followed the trip and rode along in the cab from Greeley, Colo., to Cheyenne […]

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Rapido Trains HO scale RS18u

Title screen of Rapido Trains HO scale RS18u Product Review video

A sample of the Rapido Trains HO scale RS18u diesel locomotive recently arrived at our offices. Join Model Railroader Senior Editor as he takes a closer look at CP Rail No. 1826. He’ll point out features on the model, demonstrate some of the sound and light functions, and use the locomotive to power a short […]

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