Ride with us on the tender tank of Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 while we watch Southern 2-8-2 No. 4501 at work on a Chattanooga, Tenn.-Summerville, Ga., trip in October 2018. You’ll see and hear the engines at work on famous Missionary Ridge. It’s a classic Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum excursion with lots of stack […]
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Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam
Join us for a ride on the tender of a narrow-gauge Mikado in the San Juan Mountains of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. We’ll ride the tender tank from Chama, N.M., up the 4 percent grade of Cumbres Pass. Only from Trains! […]
How-to Library: Designing a layout, Part 7
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, David pulls in even more reference materials to aid the accuracy of his initial track plan for a C&NW HO scale layout. It’s also time for a quick reality check, especially when it concerns the pragmatic parts of the design […]
How-to Library: Designing a layout, Part 7
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, David pulls in even more reference materials to aid the accuracy of his initial track plan for a C&NW HO scale layout. It’s also time for a quick reality check, especially when it concerns the pragmatic parts of the design […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2019
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Start off the new year with new locomotives, freight cars, and more in Cody’s Office. Group Technical editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to tune up all that new rolling stock you got during the holidays, including using a National Model […]
Cody’s Workshop: Episode 34
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody puts the finishing touches on his Canadian Pacific SD60 locomotive by adding a blackwash to the fan screen and exhaust stack, and painting the couplers, truckside frames, and bearings. After showing how to reassemble the model, he takes it for a spin […]
Off The Rails: Episode 34
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page OTR from Iceland!?! Not so fast! However, the beauty shop items that show host Gerry Leone features in this episode are just as foreign to many modelers as railroads are to the rugged Nordic island. […]
Off The Rails: Episode 34
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page OTR from Iceland!?! Not so fast! However, the beauty shop items that show host Gerry Leone features in this episode are just as foreign to many modelers as railroads are to the rugged Nordic island. […]
Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 9
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt tackles snow and ice scenery effects on a small HO scale (1:87.1) diorama. To get things started, Kathy shows how to plan and prep a location to include various terrain features that will help highlight the additional effects she’ll create […]
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JLWII2000 video: Broadway Limited Imports Brass Hybrid HO scale C&O class J3A 4 8 4 Greenbrier steam locomotive
In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see the HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier from Broadway Limited Imports. The superdetailed steam locomotive features brass-hybrid construction, realistic sound, and a fan-driven smoke unit. See and hear this new locomotive in action! […]