Explore signature scenes of the Puffer Lines, as notable Model Railroader contributor Seth Puffer takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the detailed settings across his HO scale layout. Along the way, you’ll discover some of the helpful insights Seth used to compose realistic mini-scenes with unique characteristics. Seth also takes time to share one […]
Section: Layout Visits
Hans Schlegel’s Gogebic Iron Range in HO scale
In this visit to the Gogebic Iron Range, layout builder Hans Schlegel hosts an exclusive video tour of his HO scale (1:87) model railroad highlighting Chicago & North Western (C&NW) and Soo Line railroad operations under steam and diesel-power during the mid-1950s and early-1960s. Travel with Hans, as he takes you to faithfully modeled Michigan […]
Video: HO scale East Broad Top/Pennsylvania Railroad layout
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch trains run through detailed scenes on Don Shook’s HO scale East Broad Top/Pennsylvania Railroad layout. The layout features many scratchbuilt structures as well as standard gauge, narrow gauge, and dual gauge track. […]
Video: HO scale East Broad Top/Pennsylvania Railroad layout
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Watch trains run through detailed scenes on Don Shook’s HO scale East Broad Top/Pennsylvania Railroad layout. The layout features many scratchbuilt structures as well as standard gauge, narrow gauge, and dual gauge track. […]
John Ruh’s O gauge tribute to Route 66
Route 66 – the two-lane highway that winds its way from Chicago to Los Angeles – has been immortalized in popular music, literature, and television. Who doesn’t remember the Joads making their way west on the Mother Road of the U.S. in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath or Tod and Buz tooling along in […]
Jon Brooks fabulous O gauge pike video
Jon Brooks’ L-shaped O gauge layout is loaded with operating accessories from the past and present. The story of his latest railroad is featured in the February 2010 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine, and also the star of this video he posted on youtube.com Sit back and watch the action! […]
An LGB Mogul on an indoor wall layout
Name: Stan Silverman Forum user name: stanman98075 Railroad name: Sylvan House Railway Scale: Mostly 1:22.5, also 1:20.3 and 1:29 Theme: Indoor overhead and wall layouts Location: Sammamish, Washington Description: The LGB Mogul is shown on my large-scale indoor layout in this short video. My property is on a densely-wooded hillside with no opportunity for an […]
Video: Realistic moving vehicles on a model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the February 2010 issue Model Railroader Publisher Terry Thompson shows how he used Faller’s motorized vehicle system to add realistic animation to the city scene on his HO German layout. In this video Terry gives you a tour of his model railroad, […]
Video: Realistic moving vehicles on a model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the February 2010 issue Model Railroader Publisher Terry Thompson shows how he used Faller’s motorized vehicle system to add realistic animation to the city scene on his HO German layout. In this video Terry gives you a tour of his model railroad, […]
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 […]