Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Add a solar-powered light to a large-scale cabin

Add a solar-powered light to a large-scale cabin

Garden Railways Editor Hal Miller shows step-by-step how to illuminate a PIKO cabin kit with...

An Atlas coil car, Locomotive 2021 from Trains magazine, and an Athearn Genesis GP15-1 diesel locomotive. Plus a modeling tip and a big announcement!

An Atlas coil car, Locomotive 2021 from Trains magazine, and an Athearn Genesis GP15-1 diesel locomotive. Plus a modeling tip and a big announcement!

After more than a year of filming episodes in his basement and in the MR...

John Smith’s delightful O gauge layout

John Smith’s delightful O gauge layout

John Smith delights his grandchildren by blending whimsy & realism on his O gauge layout.

State Line Route in N scale: Bridge installation and laying curved track, Episode 7

State Line Route in N scale: Bridge installation and laying curved track, Episode 7

In this episode, David’s projects include repairing benchwork, installing a bridge, and laying curved track...

Wonderful warbonnet: Lionel’s no. 11739 “The Super Chief” set

Wonderful warbonnet: Lionel’s no. 11739 “The Super Chief” set

CTT’s Hal Miller has a look at Lionel’s no. 11739 Santa Fe “The Super Chief”...

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Overland Edition, Part 1

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Overland Edition, Part 1

Before heading westward, our hard-drivin’ rail adventurer Tom Danneman walks and talks you around his...

The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Visiting the Burlington Garden Center, Episode 5

The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Visiting the Burlington Garden Center, Episode 5

Hal and Rene are on location at the Burlington Garden Center in Burlington, Wisconsin. In...

A Rapido refrigerator car, an Athearn GP60 locomotive, and a new book! Plus modeling tips and viewer mail

A Rapido refrigerator car, an Athearn GP60 locomotive, and a new book! Plus modeling tips and viewer mail

Cody Grivno is back in the studio for the latest episode of Cody's Office, and...

State Line Route in N scale: Laying down track, Episode 6

State Line Route in N scale: Laying down track, Episode 6

After sanding the cork roadbed, David is ready to lay track on the State Line...

Steve Albee’s O gauge layout

Steve Albee’s O gauge layout

Visit Steve Albee’s dual-level O gauge layout that fits in a spare room! This layout...

Illinois Central steam railroading in the late 1950s

Illinois Central steam railroading in the late 1950s

In this video from contributor Dick Wallin, we can see a day in the life...

Bob’s Train Box Episode 73

Bob’s Train Box Episode 73

On this Episode of Train Box, Bob Keller and CTT editor Hal Miller put a...

Back on Track: How to hide backdrop seams, Episode 12

Back on Track: How to hide backdrop seams, Episode 12

In this episode, host Gerry Leone gets back to the backdrop. Namely, he’s working to...

Back on Track: Layout progress report and more, Episode 11

Back on Track: Layout progress report and more, Episode 11

It’s hard to keep with Gerry’s rapid pace of construction. Fortunately, he slowed down for...

Back on Track: Tips for testing and tweaking a track plan, Episode 10

Back on Track: Tips for testing and tweaking a track plan, Episode 10

Host Gerry Leone continues to plan and build out a switching area for his all-new...

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014’s trip through Louisiana in 2021

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014’s trip through Louisiana in 2021

In August 2021, Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 ventured south to New Orleans,...

BNSF Railway Triple Track treat in Kansas

BNSF Railway Triple Track treat in Kansas

  Trains Editor Jim Wrinn is on the road in Kansas, following BNSF Railway triple...

Product Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale Conrail class G52X coal gondola

Product Review: ScaleTrains.com HO scale Conrail class G52X coal gondola

Cody Grivno is in Studio B to give you a detailed overview of the features...

It’s My Railroad: Cutting in a track crossover, Ep. 25

It’s My Railroad: Cutting in a track crossover, Ep. 25

In this episode, Host Steve Brown has more trackwork to revamp. This time he’s working...

It’s My Railroad, Removing, restoring, reusing N scale track, Ep. 24

It’s My Railroad, Removing, restoring, reusing N scale track, Ep. 24

Recent changes to Steve Brown’s N scale layout had an impact on operations. As such,...