Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Big Skies & Iron Rails, Summer, Episode 4

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Summer, Episode 4

The summertime heat is hardly enough to keep western rail adventurer Tom Danneman away from...

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD60M ‘Tri-Clops’

Athearn Genesis 2.0 EMD SD60M ‘Tri-Clops’

Join Eric White trackside as he reviews the Athearn EMD SD60M 'Tri-Clops' locomotive! Learn all...

How to lubricate your locomotives

How to lubricate your locomotives

In this Workbench Minute video, CTT editor Hal Miller shows the basics of locomotive lubrication...

Colorado Railroad Museum: Three in Steam

Colorado Railroad Museum: Three in Steam

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden in May operated all three of its restored steam...

An EMD GP40 and covered hopper, a guidebook, modeling tips, and viewer mail

An EMD GP40 and covered hopper, a guidebook, modeling tips, and viewer mail

It’s episode 269 of Cody’s Office, and group technical editor Cody Grivno is here to...

Rio Grande narrow gauge action

Rio Grande narrow gauge action

The movie camera of R. R. “Dick” Wallin finds 3-foot-gauge Mikados at work in Colorado...

Nighttime Operations on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onondaga Cutoff

Nighttime Operations on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onondaga Cutoff

Railroading is an industry that operates around the clock, and modeler Dave Abeles proves that...

Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use

Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use

Staff member Rene Schweitzer demonstrates ways to make sure your adhesives are always ready to...

Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use

Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use

Staff member Rene Schweitzer demonstrates ways to make sure your adhesives are always ready to...

HO scale Walthers Turnouts

HO scale Walthers Turnouts

Follow along with Eric White as he works on the MR&T to replace some of...

South Dakota State Railroad Museum’s HO scale display layout

South Dakota State Railroad Museum’s HO scale display layout

Make a trek to this tourist railroad site in Hill City, SD, and you can...

Check out FP7s, a new Menards building, and a mini tool kit, plus a modeling tip and viewer mail!

Check out FP7s, a new Menards building, and a mini tool kit, plus a modeling tip and viewer mail!

Group technical editor Cody Grivno has new HO scale FP7s from WalthersProto, Menards HO scale...

Rapid Review: Rapido Trains EMD SW1200 Switcher

Rapid Review: Rapido Trains EMD SW1200 Switcher

Eric White is back with another Rapid Review, and this time he's taking a look...

Tangent HO scale 40-foot PS-1 boxcar

Tangent HO scale 40-foot PS-1 boxcar

Cody Grivno, group technical editor, gives Tangent’s new HO scale PS-1 boxcar the once over...

Make dirt roads using drywall mud, Episode 4

Make dirt roads using drywall mud, Episode 4

Our humble host, Steve Brown, shows how he planned and “paved” the roads to success...

Shaping a signature structure, Episode 3

Shaping a signature structure, Episode 3

Steve “Regular Guy” Brown focuses on a kitbashed building that represents a signature structure on...

Jon Balka’s S gauge layout

Jon Balka’s S gauge layout

Come with us to visit Jon Balka’s S gauge layout that’s made of Flyer All...

Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!

Check out this Rapid Review of the new Athearn Genesis GP18!

Cody Grivno, group technical editor, and Eric White, senior editor, take a close look at...

Bob’s Train Box episode 70

Bob’s Train Box episode 70

On this episode of Bob’s Train Box, Bob takes a look at a Lionel steam...

It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23

It’s My Railroad, Making backdrop buildings, Ep. 23

Host Steve Brown shares his “Regular Guy” techniques for making low-relief background structures. In this...