Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David Popp and his colleagues are back to answer your hobby-related questions regarding scenery, backdrops, MR products and project layouts, DC wiring, modeling glue, and more! […]
As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Take a tour of Gerry Albers’ Virginian Ry. Deepwater District HO scale (1:87) layout that bridges with a section of W. Allen McClelland’s freelanced Virginian & Ohio Railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Take a tour of Gerry Albers’ Virginian Ry. Deepwater District HO scale (1:87) layout that bridges with a section of W. Allen McClelland’s freelanced Virginian & Ohio Railroad. […]
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A 104-car BNSF tank train travels around the layout at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. This train’s prototype hauled crude oil from Canadian oil fields to Texas. […]
Check out operations on Thomas Wilson’s Union Railroad, Clairton Coke Works layout. The layout was featured on page 69 in Bernie Kempinski’s book “The Model Railroader Guide to Steel Mills.” Information was taken from Thomas’ late uncle on the operation, who was a Union RR engineer for 38 years in the plant. This is part […]
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Model railroad scale comparison. These actual examples of model train locomotives show that each common scale is about half the size of the next larger scale. The locomotives shown here are in N (1:160), HO (1:87.1), and O (1:48) scales. Model railroad turnout angles. Scale turnouts diverge at an angle, rather than through a sharp […]
Download this free PDF from Garden Railways magazine for full-size drawings of a generic skeleton log car (1:20.3 scale) and a pulp wood car (7/8”). Inside you will also find a handy conversion chart to help you scale these drawings up or down to suit your modeling needs. […]
Download this free 30-page PDF to browse our favorite classic toy train layouts. This free download dives into the details of each o gauge layout: track planning, bench work, ballast, groundwork, electrical, scenery, structures, and more! […]
Sign up for your FREE download and Model Railroader’s FREE weekly e-newsletter. Steam locomotives were usually serviced every 100 – 150 miles, making engine terminals as much a part of the railroad scene as crossties and creosote. These terminals offer a variety of structures and operations and they can be modeled in a compact space. Download […]
