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WalthersProto HO scale EMD FP7/F7B set

WalthersProto HO scale EMD FP7/F7B set

Wm. K. Walthers’ new FP7 is loaded with road name-specific details. Check them out in...

Lionel Area 51 set a spooky and fun train

Lionel Area 51 set a spooky and fun train

Get a look at the Lionel Area 51 set (no. 2123160)! Chris Raines of RBP...

How to cut track

How to cut track

Join David Popp in the studio as he shows you how to tackle the tricky...

How to cut track

How to cut track

Join David Popp in the studio as he shows you how to tackle the tricky...

Fixing free floating wheelsets

Fixing free floating wheelsets

Ted Zieger says that he has two steam engines, a 4-6-0 and a 4-4-0, that...

Added benefits of modifications

Added benefits of modifications

David Short from Minneapolis wants to know about the added benefits of modifications on UP980350MW....

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Overland Edition, Part 2

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Overland Edition, Part 2

Our intrepid rail adventurer and son put his Toyota 4x4 truck to the test. Getting...

Do passengers trains or freight trains have priority?

Do passengers trains or freight trains have priority?

Larry Johnson asked if in the US, do passenger trains or freight trains have priority?...

ScaleTrains.com N scale General Electric Dash 9-40C diesel locomotive

ScaleTrains.com N scale General Electric Dash 9-40C diesel locomotive

ScaleTrains is back with its N scale GE Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40C. Take a look...

Rapido N scale GMD FP9

Rapido N scale GMD FP9

Join Eric White and Cody Grivno in the studio as they review Rapido's new General...

Rapido HO scale B36-7 returns

Rapido HO scale B36-7 returns

Rapido has a second run of its popular GE B36-7 with new paint schemes and...

State Line Route in N scale: Installing fascia, Episode 9

State Line Route in N scale: Installing fascia, Episode 9

David shows how he attached fascia to the State Line Route N scale layout to...

Bob’s Train Box 74: Lionel GP30, track cleaning, modern S gauge

Bob’s Train Box 74: Lionel GP30, track cleaning, modern S gauge

On this installment of Bob's Train Box, Bob and CTT editor Hal Miller do a...

Difference between an SW7 and a SW1500

Difference between an SW7 and a SW1500

Walt Hughes from Cincinnati, Ohio, always used the side rails (or lack of them) to...

Info on installing a switch machine

Info on installing a switch machine

Wayne Meeds wants to know where they can information on how to install a Tortoise...

TCA York Train Meet returns

TCA York Train Meet returns

Ready for a long-awaited return to Toy Train Mecca – otherwise known as the Eastern...

Scale It Down: Ground covering for industrial outlots, Episode 7

Scale It Down: Ground covering for industrial outlots, Episode 7

Series host Steve Brown heads for the homestretch, as he works to complete the scenery...

Why are there four digit numbers on locomotives?

Why are there four digit numbers on locomotives?

Brandon Muir from Canada wonders why locomotives in North America often have four digit numbers,...

Trouble with locomotives on back-order

Trouble with locomotives on back-order

David King from Australia wants to model Burlington Northern and BNSF, but most of the...

State Line Route in N scale: Wiring a layout for DC power, Episode 8

State Line Route in N scale: Wiring a layout for DC power, Episode 8

After a quick update with Jenny to see how her Walther’s bungalow kit is coming...