Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Pacing Santa Fe 2-10-4 5021

Pacing Santa Fe 2-10-4 5021

In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe's great...

Santa Fe 2-10-4’s on PRR

Santa Fe 2-10-4’s on PRR

In the Fall 2006 issue of Classic Trains, we look at the Santa Fe's great...

Video: Blackstone Models K-27

Video: Blackstone Models K-27

Video: Athearn N scale Challenger

Video: Athearn N scale Challenger

We reviewed the Athearn N scale Challenger in the June 2007 issue of Model Railroader....

Online Video Extra: Dick Wallin’s Illinois Central Steam

Online Video Extra: Dick Wallin’s Illinois Central Steam

In our Summer issue, R. R. "Dick" Wallin recalls several cab rides on Illinois Central...

Precision Craft Models HO scale Alco FA-1 cab diesel video

Precision Craft Models HO scale Alco FA-1 cab diesel video

Click the play button to see a video clip of the Alco FA-1 diesel locomotive...

Heljan HO scale operating container crane video

Heljan HO scale operating container crane video

Heljan HO operating container crane We reviewed Heljan's HO container crane in the March 2007...

Athearn HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy video

Athearn HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy video

Athearn HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy We reviewed Athearn's 4-8-8-4 locomotive in the December 2006...

Precision Craft HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy video

Precision Craft HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy video

Precision Craft HO scale 4-8-8-4 We reviewed Precision Craft's Big Boy steam locomotive in the...

The Operators video special: Mail and express train car models

The Operators video special: Mail and express train car models

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MTH Standard gauge no. 384 passenger set video

MTH Standard gauge no. 384 passenger set video

MTH's Standard gauge no. 384 steam passenger set retails for $599.95 (no. 10-1250-1). It features...

Fire up a small-scale live steam locomotive

Fire up a small-scale live steam locomotive

The No. 24 was the last locomotive supplied to the two-foot gauge Sandy River &...

Designing a garden railway for live-steam locomotives

Designing a garden railway for live-steam locomotives

A Roundhouse "Fowler," fitted with a coal-fired boiler by John Shawe, at work on the...

Attaching wire to the rail

Attaching wire to the rail

Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz There are several ways of connecting a lead wire...

Attaching wire to the rail

Attaching wire to the rail

Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz There are several ways of connecting a lead wire...

A brief history of garden railroading

A brief history of garden railroading

At the turn of the century even the smallest trains left little room for indoor...

A brief history of garden railroading

A brief history of garden railroading

At the turn of the century even the smallest trains left little room for indoor...

Video: Reading T1-class 4-8-4 in HO

Video: Reading T1-class 4-8-4 in HO

Precision HO scale Reading T1-class 4-8-4 Executive editor Andy Sperandeo reviewed the HO scale "T...

Video: Broadway Limited Imports Museum Series HO scale Great Northern 4-8-4

Video: Broadway Limited Imports Museum Series HO scale Great Northern 4-8-4

Model Railroader first gave readers a sneak peek of the HO scale Great Northern steam...

Video of the Atlas HO scale GE Dash 8-40CW diesel with sound

Video of the Atlas HO scale GE Dash 8-40CW diesel with sound

Atlas HO scale GE Dash 8-40CW We reviewed the Atlas HO scale GE Dash 8-40CW...