Off The Rails: Episode 37

Off the Rails with Gerry Leone Episode 37

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page When MRVP’s David Popp and Ben Lake try to barge into the Off The Rails gig, host Gerry Leone quickly dispatches the guys with a bevy of additional beauty shop products you can use for model railroading purposes. […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 11

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 11

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kathy Millatt shifts her focus to making a snow-covered patch of grass along the railroad right-of-way on her HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. Follow along to see her techniques for crafting this realistic, frosty scenery accent! […]

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N scale Erie Lackawanna

Scene of n scale model railroad

Henrik Akesson’s N scale version of the Erie Lackawanna RR in Pennsylvania is set during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. It’s built in a spare bedroom around the walls in a dogbone on styrofoam. It features Peco code 80 track, Digitrax DCC, and a small copy of the Starrucca viaduct kitbashed from several […]

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844 Excursion Train

Closeup of model diesel locomotive

Brian Olson’s N scale Union Pacific Excursion Train is now complete. A project more than a year in the making, he started with Kato’s 844 steam engine, later adding the tenders and the Spirit of Union Pacific 1943 diesel engine, and finally, Kato’s 7-car Excursion Car Set. The train in this video is on a […]

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Ron Hoess’ Eastbound Chestnut Hill & Stifftown Branch PRR

Scene of model train layout

This HO scale layout (13′ x 18′) is a point-to-point switching layout that depicts the Stifftown Branch and the first portion of the Chestnut Hill Branch of the PRR. The setting is North Philadelphia circa 1958. Since this is a prototype layout, all of the structures are scratchbuilt to better match the prototype. Key signature […]

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Fun with MTH accessories

MTH model gas station with model car

Name: Robert Mayer Forum User Name: Robert Mayer Railroad Name: bobntrains Location: Tucson Scale: 3 Rail O Theme: 1950s Description: Ever wanted to shrink yourself down to the size of the model layout you’re watching? Now you can. […]

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All aboard the Easter “Eggspress”

Easter themed S gauge layout

Name: Scott Plunkett Railroad name: Easter Eggspress Location: Milwaukee WI Scale: S gauge Description: I’ve always had a Christmas layout. Why not have an Easter layout? When I had first received this Civil War 1959 American Flyer S-Gauge train set, for Christmas of 1963,  I was 9 years old. As you can see, I still […]

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No. 119, meet SD70ACe

Freshly painted locomotive in red and gold colors.

What could be: See how Trains Art Director Tom Danneman added — layer by layer — the various color, striping, and artwork to his photo of a Montana Rail Link SD70ACe, creating a commemorative paint scheme for Union Pacific’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The imaginary paint scheme pays tribute to […]

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