Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
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...

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Spring, Episode 3

Big Skies & Iron Rails, Spring, Episode 3

American’s Western frontier is where Tom Danneman goes to renew and recharge his spirit every...

Cleaning up Lionel’s no. 97 Coal Elevator

Cleaning up Lionel’s no. 97 Coal Elevator

Hal Miller continues his Workbench Minute series showing how to clean a Lionel no. 97...

Member video: Following Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited

Member video: Following Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited

Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman & Paulden Lines 
Location: Arizona 
Scale: O Theme: Railroad running through Arizona serving its...

How to strip paint from plastic models

How to strip paint from plastic models

Eric White couldn’t find a Northeastern style caboose painted for the Lehigh Valley, but a...

Cody’s Office is back with new HO scale freight cars and a new book about cabooses!

Cody’s Office is back with new HO scale freight cars and a new book about cabooses!

Cody Grivno takes a look at the American Limited HO scale single-dome tank car, Walthers'...

Are you planning an interlocking towers special edition?

Are you planning an interlocking towers special edition?

Interlocking towers Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking...

Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!

Bachmann’s new N scale Hudson is on the test track!

The iconic class J3 Hudson pulled New York Central’s Great Steel Fleet until streamlined diesels...

Fixing Wobbling Boxcars

Fixing Wobbling Boxcars

In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...

Fixing Wobbling Boxcars

Fixing Wobbling Boxcars

In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...

Professor Carp says moving wood is good!

Professor Carp says moving wood is good!

Professor Carp brings you the history and details of one of Lionel’s most entertaining accessories,...

How to make roads stick on your model train layout

How to make roads stick on your model train layout

Hal Miller repairs peeling roadway material on the City Transfer & Terminal, an O gauge...

Cody’s Workshop: Modernize an old covered hopper, Ep. 46

Cody’s Workshop: Modernize an old covered hopper, Ep. 46

Host Cody Grivno paints wheelsets, adds roof details, applies weathering effects and decals to an...

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

Rapido Trains N scale Canadian passenger train

The Canadian is out and it's roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader...

ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender

ScaleTrains.com N scale Union Pacific Standard Turbine and tender

ScaleTrains.com recently sent us a sample of the N scale Union Pacific gas turbine locomotive....

A custom-decorated covered hopper and gondola, new road numbers on a locomotive, a modeling tip, and viewer mail!

A custom-decorated covered hopper and gondola, new road numbers on a locomotive, a modeling tip, and viewer mail!

Learn about the new HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy 4750 covered hopper from the...

Budget railroading: dollar store finds

Budget railroading: dollar store finds

Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller prowls the dollar store aisles in search of inexpensive...

Budget railroading: dollar store finds

Budget railroading: dollar store finds

Classic Toy Trains Editor Hal Miller prowls the dollar store aisles in search of inexpensive...

Back on Track: Finishing the helix, Episode 6

Back on Track: Finishing the helix, Episode 6

As the world and Gerry’s helix continues to turn, he deals with its ups and...

Back on Track: Building benchwork and beginning stage of a helix, Episode 5

Back on Track: Building benchwork and beginning stage of a helix, Episode 5

Even with a little help from a friend, host Gerry Leone still struggles with benchwork...