The Big Boy up close and personal

People watching Big Boy locomotive approach

A bit of a departure from my model railroad, but worth the journey to experience the real thing … and I mean EXPERIENCE! Count the rivets … smell the tar … feel the steam … vibrate with the ground … as THE BIG BOY rolls by an arms length away. Enjoy this intimate view of […]

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Southern Pacific’s Golden State meets the Sunset Limited

Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Museum

Name: Robert Mayer Forum User Name: bobntrains Railroad Name: San Diego 3 Railers, Paradise & Pacific, Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Museum Location: San Diego Ca., Scottsdale Az., Tucson Az. Scale: O Theme: Southwest Description: This video takes the viewer on a journey with Southern Pacific’s Golden State and Sunset Limited through the southwest. […]

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An update from Papa T’s Train Room

1950s Small Southern Town layout

Name: Thomas Olsen Railroad Name: “Thomasville” or “PaPaT’s Train Room” Location: Birmingham Scale: O Theme: 1950s Small Southern Town Description: Scaled down layout following our move from Georgia to Alabama six years ago. Reduced from 15′ x 23′ to an 11′ x 16′ layout. […]

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Video: Athearn Genesis HO scale Canadian National GP9 diesel

Athearn Genesis HO scale Canadian National GP9 diesel

Roadname- and roadnumber-specific details abound on this pair of Canadian National GP9 diesel locomotives Both also come factory-equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoders. Watch senior editor Dana Kawala use the Geeps to work some freight along the Model Railroader staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]

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Olympia & Sand Creek: Benchwork, Episode 1

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David is back to building out his O scale (1:48) Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout. But this time, he’s got a little bit of extra help from MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone! Watch as the two team up to construct new benchwork for […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 49

David stands at a counter in the Model Railroader workshop and introduces a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp is back for more Q&A in 2020. In this episode of Ask MRVP, he addresses model railroading topics ranging from trackwork to painting to freight/passenger car modeling to prototype railroading practices …and so much more! […]

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