Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
An Alco locomotive, controlled entry kiosks, viewer mail, and more!

An Alco locomotive, controlled entry kiosks, viewer mail, and more!

Group technical editor Cody Grivno is back for episode 272 of Cody's Office, and this...

Steam restoration continues on Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576

Steam restoration continues on Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576

  Join Trains for a look at the restoration work being done on former Nashville,...

Bob’s Train Box Episode 72

Bob’s Train Box Episode 72

On this episode of Bob’s Train Box, Bob and CTT editor Hal Miller have a...

Union Pacific Challengers as they appeared in service

Union Pacific Challengers as they appeared in service

Union Pacific Challengers in service were one of the great sights of American railroading in...

Rapid Review: Jacksonville Terminal Co. N scale well car

Rapid Review: Jacksonville Terminal Co. N scale well car

Follow along as Cody Grivno, Model Railroader group technical editor, takes a closer look at...

Constructing a wood grade crossing, Episode 6

Constructing a wood grade crossing, Episode 6

Where the roads intersect with the tracks on Steve Brown’s N scale layout, our humble...

Make paved lots using drywall mud, Episode 5

Make paved lots using drywall mud, Episode 5

Host Steve Brown continues to pave the way in and around the tracks of his...

Walthers Cornerstone Modern Suburban Station kit

Walthers Cornerstone Modern Suburban Station kit

Looking for a station to accompany your passenger line? Join David Popp and assistant digital...

Toy train smoke: Lots of scents available

Toy train smoke: Lots of scents available

Toy train smoke hijinx (and a minor train wreck) abound as Hal Miller and Rene...

Truck’s Toy Trains: Episode 11 – Postwar Lionel blister packs and barrel cars

Truck’s Toy Trains: Episode 11 – Postwar Lionel blister packs and barrel cars

Host John Truckenbrod and Classic Toy Trains’ Roger Carp share collector insights regarding the various...

Toy train smoke: Lots of scents available

Toy train smoke: Lots of scents available

Toy train smoke hijinx (and a minor train wreck) abound as Hal Miller and Rene...

Introducing the MR&T State Line Route in N scale, Episode 1

Introducing the MR&T State Line Route in N scale, Episode 1

Trains.com and Model Railroader magazine unite to launch an all-new project railroad! Series host David...

Check out Atlas’s re-released HO scale GE Dash 8-40B

Check out Atlas’s re-released HO scale GE Dash 8-40B

See Atlas’s General Electric Dash 8-40B in Santa Fe colors in operation on Model Railroader’s...

A Pullman-Standard coach, an engine works structure, a new Lance Mindheim book, and more!

A Pullman-Standard coach, an engine works structure, a new Lance Mindheim book, and more!

Cody Grivno has returned for episode 271 of Cody's office, and today he's looking over...

Detail a diesel on a budget, Ep. 47

Detail a diesel on a budget, Ep. 47

From adding grab irons to installing hood details to painting the parts, Cody Grivno shares...

Introducing Piko America’s HO scale Whitcomb 65-ton switcher

Introducing Piko America’s HO scale Whitcomb 65-ton switcher

In this Rapid Review, we take a look at and listen to Piko’s new European...

S gauge fun in a compact space

S gauge fun in a compact space

Enjoy this look at Dave Baule’s S gauge layout. The traditional looking pike occupies a...

Layout Visit: Signal Operations on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onondaga Cutoff

Layout Visit: Signal Operations on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onondaga Cutoff

Modeler Dave Abeles shares insights on the signal installations and operations on his HO scale...

Colorado’s Broadmoor, Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway is back

Colorado’s Broadmoor, Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway is back

A $100 million rebuild from the track to the trains has the iconic railroad to...

Monticello Railway Museum visit

Monticello Railway Museum visit

  Join Trains for a 2021 visit to Illinois’ Monticello Railway Museum located in the...