Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the this sidetrack series of Rehab My Railroad: Jones Island, MR’s Eric White shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build an HO scale tugboat for the harbor on the MR&T layout. Eric starts by studying photos that inspire […]
Name: Bob Moffett Railroad Name: Birdhaven & Hemlock Location: West Virginia Scale: Mixed Theme: Late 1950s- early 1960s Description: This is the last load of logs being brought in at the end of the day, pulled by the railroad’s newly acquired Climax locomotive. As the sun goes down, the lights come on for a different […]
Name: John Barrett Forum User Name: JohnniebGoode Railroad Name: DD&C/M Location: Sacramento, CA Scale: 4 yr old’s imagination Theme: Was western, but now Disney thanks to 4 yr old Granddaughter Description: Social distancing comes to the DD&C/M. […]
Editors’ note: The author and photographers are graduates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s rail engineering program. This is their first Trains byline. In North America, the days of steam railroading are a distant memory, and coal traffic is slowly headed the way of steam. In Europe and Japan, steam enthusiasts eagerly attend steam […]
Name: Joe Muscanere Location: Texas Scale: O Theme: Classic 1950’s Description: Lionelville copes with the COVID-19 Virus in March 2020 with passenger and freight still delivering the goods. Soon, the national crisis will be a thing of the past. MORAL: RUN YOUR TOY TRAINS AND YOU WILL FEEL MUCH BETTER! […]
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We reviewed the Rapido Trains HO scale MLW RS-18 in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The firm produced this video showing step by step how to remove the shell from the model to access the decoder and mechanism. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Featured in the July 2020 Model Railroader, the HO scale Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio fills a 50 x 150 building with a freelanced layout inspired by scenes of southern Ohio. The impressive model railroad was built and is operated by the Associated […]
We recently reviewed the HO scale Montreal Locomotive Works RS-18 from Rapido Trains in the June 2020 Model Railroader. The superdetailed model also features an ESU LokSound decoder. See and hear the diesel in action on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
AIS 708 runs around an empty Wisconsin Central boxcar for spotting at City Carton at the north end of the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur. Video by James McNab. […]
Removing shell of model locomotive Watch this double-stack train as it travels around Horseshoe Curve at Caliente, Calif., on this N-scale model railroad. Video submitted by Eugen Hänseler. […]
David gets back to the workbench for a couple quick-hitter projects. First, he shows how to add a realistic, rusty patina to metal roofing material. And then, David shares his technique for chopping up scale chunks of firewood to be stack in the shack. Feel free to ask questions, and he’ll look to address them […]
