Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Modeling layout scenery at the workbench

Modeling layout scenery at the workbench

Narrow gauge modeler Gregg Condon presents a simple way to make model railroad scenery right...

Running a childhood American Flyer set

Running a childhood American Flyer set

Name: Michael Marmer Railroad Name: D&K RR Location: Germantown, Maryland Scale: S Theme: Small town...

Modeler’s Spotlight Video – Inside Cody’s Office for January Part 2

Modeler’s Spotlight Video – Inside Cody’s Office for January Part 2

Cody's Office is back with ScaleTrains.com's HO scale Pullman-Standard/Trinity Backpacker 5-unit well car, RailSmith's N...

Rehab My Railroad: Adding more details at Mukwonago, Episode 10

Rehab My Railroad: Adding more details at Mukwonago, Episode 10

More work along the Mukwonago layout location. The session starts with David installing trackwork for...

Professor Carp, Episode 11: Lionel Operating Cattle Car and Corral

Professor Carp, Episode 11: Lionel Operating Cattle Car and Corral

Class is now in session! This period, Professor Roger Carp leads the lecture regarding the...

MRVP Layout Visit: Rolf & Richard Plachter’s Midwest Lines in HO scale

MRVP Layout Visit: Rolf & Richard Plachter’s Midwest Lines in HO scale

Enjoy this exclusive video tour of Rolf & Richard Plachter's Midwest Lines HO scale (1:87)...

Athearn HO scale Union Pacific CA-8 caboose with sound

Athearn HO scale Union Pacific CA-8 caboose with sound

Check out this sound-equipped Athearn HO scale Union Pacific class CA-8 caboose.

Atlas HO scale Alco RSD-5

Atlas HO scale Alco RSD-5

Watch Atlas's HO scale Alco RSD-5 on the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy!

Cass Scenic Railroad steam logging locomotive quintuple-header (that’s 5 at once!)

Cass Scenic Railroad steam logging locomotive quintuple-header (that’s 5 at once!)

  Join Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in Cass, West Virginia, in June 2020 for the...

Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive returned to service in Colorado

Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive returned to service in Colorado

  Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn as he gets a close look at...

Manitou & Pike’s Peak Cog Railway re-construction work

Manitou & Pike’s Peak Cog Railway re-construction work

  Trains' Editor Jim Wrinn visited the Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway in August...

Siemens Charger locomotives on Midwest trains

Siemens Charger locomotives on Midwest trains

  Chargers are among the newest and most popular passenger locomotives in North America today....

Narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western caboose restored to operation

Narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western caboose restored to operation

  Colorado’s magnificent Georgetown Loop Railroad rebuilt a unique caboose in 2020. One of a...

U.S. Sugar Corp. 4-6-2 steams again in Florida

U.S. Sugar Corp. 4-6-2 steams again in Florida

  Florida has standard gauge steam once more. U.S. Sugar has restored 4-6-2 No. 148...

U.S. Sugar Corp. 4-6-2 steams again in Florida

U.S. Sugar Corp. 4-6-2 steams again in Florida

  Florida has standard gauge steam once more. U.S. Sugar has restored 4-6-2 No. 148...

Heisler geared steam locomotives in operation today (2020)

Heisler geared steam locomotives in operation today (2020)

  One of the big three of geared steam power, the Heisler was a favorite...

South Dakota Railroad Museum 2020 tour

South Dakota Railroad Museum 2020 tour

Join us in Hill City, S.D., for one a visit to one of the nation’s...

Black Hills Central Railroad steam powered double-header

Black Hills Central Railroad steam powered double-header

The Black Hills Central tourist railroad operated a doubleheader with its two Baldwin tank engines...

Strasburg Rail Road at 60

Strasburg Rail Road at 60

One of the nation’s iconic tourist railroads, Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road, reached a major milestone...

CSX history including predecessors

CSX history including predecessors

  Join Trains on a locomotive-studded tour of CSX Transportation — the blue and gold...