Side-by-side

  Norfolk Southern intermodal train No. 215 passes a stopped freight with Canadian Pacific power at Faulconer, Ky., on the CNO&TP First District on Feb. 29, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]

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Video: Building a 5 x 8 harbor railroad part 4

Steve Otte working on a model house.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor […]

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Extended network

Two Norfolk Southern GE ponies, with Union Pacific train Z-CHEM in tow, gallop out of North Lake, Wis., on their journey to Minneapolis, Minn. The Triple Crown train is one of the few that operates off NS rails. Photo by Matt Krause […]

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Back to the Bakken

Empty oil cans return to the oil field of North Dakota behind two fresh Norfolk Southern GE ES44ACs. BNSF Railway train U-NSDFYN rolls west up the BNSF’s St. Croix Subdivision on July 8, 2013. Photo by Matt Krause […]

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Norfolk Southern’s Rat Hole

Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern Railway line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn. Learn more about the abandoned tunnels in the woods of Kentucky. Find out just how difficult it is to see these relics of the steam era. […]

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Norfolk Southern’s Rat Hole

Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern Railway line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn. Learn more about the abandoned tunnels in the woods of Kentucky. Find out just how difficult it is to see these relics of the steam era. […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 4 – Clouds

Jay Smith painting a bird.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In our final backdrop painting installment, artist Jay Smith shows you how to add clouds to the sky of your model railroad. To complete the scene, he also provides tips for painting simple birds. Look for Jay’s other backdrop-painting videos on MR Video […]

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 4 – Clouds

Jay Smith painting a bird.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In our final backdrop painting installment, artist Jay Smith shows you how to add clouds to the sky of your model railroad. To complete the scene, he also provides tips for painting simple birds. Look for Jay’s other backdrop-painting videos on MR Video […]

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