Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Installing abandoned tracks

Installing abandoned tracks

In the course of building the HO scale Freemont Mills model railroad, Steve Otte shares...

Meet Bob Lettenberger, Trains Magazine Associate Editor

Meet Bob Lettenberger, Trains Magazine Associate Editor

In this latest installment of Q&A with the Editors, you'll get to meet Bob Lettenberger!...

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 13 | Passenger car modifications

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 13 | Passenger car modifications

David returns to the task of pulling the painted parts and pieces together…all in manner...

Steam Week | July 3-7, 2023

Steam Week | July 3-7, 2023

Trains.com Celebrates STEAM POWER! We share all things STEAM, all throughout STEAM WEEK...July 3rd to...

East Broad Top Reborn DVD Trailer

East Broad Top Reborn DVD Trailer

East Broad Top Reborn DVD | 16112 Get an insider look at one of the...

Midday Modeler – June 21st, 2023

Midday Modeler – June 21st, 2023

Midday Modeler - June 21st, 2023. David Popp, Cody Grivno, and Eric White are your...

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part two

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part two

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part two: Cody Grivno answers questions regarding figures seen in...

A visit to the Train Masters of Babylon layout

A visit to the Train Masters of Babylon layout

The Train Masters of Babylon sounds exotic, but the reality is it's just a great...

Black Hills Central | Steam in the heart of South Dakota

Black Hills Central | Steam in the heart of South Dakota

In the shadows of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, you can find one of...

Union Pacific No. 4014 | Big Boy trip to the ballpark

Union Pacific No. 4014 | Big Boy trip to the ballpark

In June 2023, Union Pacific's No. 4014 "Big Boy",  a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ventured out...

Operating and programming an NCE Mini Panel

Operating and programming an NCE Mini Panel

Back on the MR&T HO scale model railroad, Ben demonstrates how to program the NCE...

Midday Modeler – June 14th, 2023

Midday Modeler – June 14th, 2023

Midday Modeler - June 14th. 2023. David Popp is back hosting this week's episode. The...

Trains LIVE — Railroad artist J Craig Thorpe

Trains LIVE — Railroad artist J Craig Thorpe

Trains LIVE — Railroad artist J Craig Thorpe — 6-14-2023 — Take a look at...

Spaces to Places IV | Installing the Streets, part 4

Spaces to Places IV | Installing the Streets, part 4

Gerry Leone recaps his work on the sandpaper street of Westcott, a town on his...

Rapido Trains HO scale RTL Turboliner

Rapido Trains HO scale RTL Turboliner

The Rapido Trains HO scale RTL Turboliner paid a visit to our Milwaukee, Racine &...

John Grosner’s New Haven Derby Junction in HO scale

John Grosner’s New Haven Derby Junction in HO scale

First showcased in the April 2009 issue of Model Railroader, John Grosner’s HO scale (1:87.1)...

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner rolls out

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner rolls out

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner brings a unique look and truck arrangement to O gauge. This...

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse H15-44

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse H15-44

The Lionel Fairbanks-Morse H15-44 is out and ready to pull whatever you can throw behind...

Midday Modeler – June 7th, 2023

Midday Modeler – June 7th, 2023

Midday Modeler - June 7th. 2023. It's a Classic Toy Trains Takeover! Hal and Rene...

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part one

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part one

Ask Trains.com June 2023 compilation part one: Cody answers viewer questions regarding the EMD NW5...