Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Toy Train Basics: Changing traction tires

Toy Train Basics: Changing traction tires

Classic Toy Trains magazine Editor Hal Miller demonstrates his quick and easy techniques for replacing...

Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 27 – Back to Lombard Canyon

Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 27 – Back to Lombard Canyon

In this episode, host Drew Halverson quite literally takes railfanning to new heights! Drew and...

Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The DB Railroad of Germany

Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The DB Railroad of Germany

This PBS Tracks Ahead segment covers Gordon Calahan's large scale rendition of a German railroad...

Amtrak Amfleet set from MTH

Amtrak Amfleet set from MTH

Building a portable Marx toy train layout

Building a portable Marx toy train layout

Name:    David Smith Forum User Name:    David Smith Description:    Here is my Marx portable electric...

Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Kitbashing industrial structures – Part 3

Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Kitbashing industrial structures – Part 3

In this episode, David begins painting the small industrial structure for MRVP's HO scale Winston-Salem...

Ask MRVP: Episode 6

Ask MRVP: Episode 6

We turned the place upside down looking for answers to subscriber's inquiries in this episode...

Trains Presents: BNSF Railway’s ‘Southern Transcon’

Trains Presents: BNSF Railway’s ‘Southern Transcon’

Learn about BNSF Railway's famed "Southern Transcon," the former Santa Fe main line between Los...

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic

Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic

Colorado's storied narrow gauge railroads still live with the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, operating...

Trains Presents: Electro-Motive SD70ACe demonstrators

Trains Presents: Electro-Motive SD70ACe demonstrators

Watch Electro-Motive Diesel's SD70ACe demonstrator units roll tonnage on the mountain grades of CSX Transportation's...

Trains Presents: Maine Eastern passenger service

Trains Presents: Maine Eastern passenger service

See classic EMD F units on Maine Eastern's coastal passenger trains out of Brunswick, Maine....

Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern F units and office car train

Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern F units and office car train

Norfolk Southern's office car train, complete with classic EMD F units for power, is a...

Trains Presents: Steam photo freight charters

Trains Presents: Steam photo freight charters

The age of steam has passed from revenue railroading in the U.S., but a dedicated...

Trains Presents: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train

Trains Presents: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train

Children of all ages love the circus – and the circus train! See the famous...

Trains Presents: Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501

Trains Presents: Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501

Former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 is one of the most famous excursion locomotives in...

Trains Presents: Virginia & Truckee Railroad steam

Trains Presents: Virginia & Truckee Railroad steam

Nevada's famed Virginia & Truckee Railroad, once the richest railroad in the world saw a...

Trains Presents: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad steam freights

Trains Presents: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad steam freights

See Western Maryland Scenic Railroad pull winter photo freights out of Cumberland, Md., on the...

The evolution of a Lionel control panel

The evolution of a Lionel control panel

Name:    David Smith Forum User Name:    David Smith Description:    Here is a video of that...

Building a layout

Building a layout

Name:    David Smith Forum User Name:    dsmith Description:    I began my 5' x 9' Lionel...

Member video: Chestercreek RR & Lumber Company

Member video: Chestercreek RR & Lumber Company

Take a ride through Sam Parker's On30 Chestercreek RR & Lumber Company layout.