Just For Fun

These videos are ones we enjoyed making - just for fun. We hope you enjoy watching them!
Video: Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD SDP40F

Video: Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD SDP40F

Part of Athearn's Genesis series of superdetailed locomotives, this HO scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F models...

Canadian Canyons Series: Part 28 – Tools for carving foam

Canadian Canyons Series: Part 28 – Tools for carving foam

Drew and Kent don't have glaciers at the ready to help form the mountains on...

Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 13 – Give me an A…Frame

Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 13 – Give me an A…Frame

Now that the 2018 Winter Olympics are over, host David Popp returns to his Olympia...

Video: MRC Prodigy Advance WiFi

Video: MRC Prodigy Advance WiFi

The Model Rectifier Corp. Prodigy WiFi module is a plug-and-play component that makes it easy...

Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 12 – Sound Advice

Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 12 – Sound Advice

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page After surveying the...

Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2018

Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2018

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody...

Off The Rails: Episode 21

Off The Rails: Episode 21

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this special...

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: East to Evanston

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: East to Evanston

On this ski-trip-turned-trackside-trek, Charlie Conway and his wife Sheila made their way to the Union...

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Along the Old Milwaukee Road

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Along the Old Milwaukee Road

Charlie Conway recently joined the Cascade Rail Foundation, which prompted him to take a road...

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Milwaukee Road 5057

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Milwaukee Road 5057

Charlie’s road trip with Karl and Nicholas along the old Milwaukee Road in Washington State...

Trains Presents: California State Railroad Museum

Trains Presents: California State Railroad Museum

Denny Ansbach, one of the founders of the California State Railroad Museum, reflects on the...

Trains Presents: Peru 2017 tour, day 2

Trains Presents: Peru 2017 tour, day 2

Trains’ tour of Peru’s spectacular Ferrocarril Central Andino railroad goes high into the Andes via...

B&M NH Mainline – Preparing to Ballast the Track

B&M NH Mainline – Preparing to Ballast the Track

I finally started to ballast the B&M NH Mainline. I learned a few things about...

HO scale Grand Valley

HO scale Grand Valley

How-to Library: Arduinos in Model Railroading  – Part  1 The Basics

How-to Library: Arduinos in Model Railroading – Part 1 The Basics

If the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions "Arduino" is a new...

How-to Library: Arduinos in Model Railroading  – Part 2 The Mill Creek Animation

How-to Library: Arduinos in Model Railroading – Part 2 The Mill Creek Animation

In part 2 of this MRVP mini-series, Gerry Leone is back with more helpful insights...

Ask MRVP: Episode 32

Ask MRVP: Episode 32

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Bachmann Berkshire steam engine

Bachmann Berkshire steam engine

Watch this video of a Bachmann Berkshire with Tsunami sound and a Seuthe smoke unit...

Extreme HO scale weathering – Passenger car

Extreme HO scale weathering – Passenger car

This is my third extreme weathered project, this time a heavyweight passenger car. This HO...

WRF layout update 2018

WRF layout update 2018

After almost two years of building, here's a brief photo update of "White Road Forest,"...