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Choosing rail for the garden railroad

Choosing rail for the garden railroad

Rail comes in many different sizes and materials. Here's a little background information to help...

Basics of gauge-1 switches, part 2

Basics of gauge-1 switches, part 2

Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Marc Horovitz Keeping dirt and debris out...

Lionel 1957 Super O layout

Lionel 1957 Super O layout

Steve Garofalo's Super O layout celebrates Lionel's 1957 showroom layout. Download this PDF of a...

Video: Remembering the N scale Clinchfield RR

Video: Remembering the N scale Clinchfield RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Clinchfield RR...

Lionel’s new O gauge “Thunderbird” train set

Lionel’s new O gauge “Thunderbird” train set

Below, you can watch a streaming video of this "Blast from the Past" as Lionel...

Modeler’s spotlight for June 4, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

Modeler’s spotlight for June 4, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

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

Video: Hornby/Rivarossi HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy

Video: Hornby/Rivarossi HO scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy

Watch us run this upgraded Rivarossi locomotive. Along with factory-applied weathering the model includes a...

Overview of the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.

Overview of the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.

Watch video of this logging-themed 4 x8 project railroad, the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.

Video Extra: Penn Central, Amtrak, and Conrail GG1’s in action

Video Extra: Penn Central, Amtrak, and Conrail GG1’s in action

Video Extra: Pennsylvania Railroad GG1’s  in action

Video Extra: Pennsylvania Railroad GG1’s in action

Modeler’s spotlight video for April 23, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

Modeler’s spotlight video for April 23, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

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Modeler’s spotlight video for April 16, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

Modeler’s spotlight video for April 16, 2009 — Inside Cody’s office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page See the latest...

Video: Sunset Models HO class M-6 Mogul 2-6-0

Video: Sunset Models HO class M-6 Mogul 2-6-0

See a demonstration of this brass HO scale locomotive on our HO scale club layout,...

Build the Milwaukee Road Beer Line part 5

Build the Milwaukee Road Beer Line part 5

Follow Model Railroader Managing Editor David Popp as he shows you some of the configurations...

Vic’s Pizza Layout

Vic’s Pizza Layout

Name: Tom Trigg Railroad name: Vic's Pizza Layout Scale: G Theme: How small can G...

K-Line by Lionel O gauge interurban car set

K-Line by Lionel O gauge interurban car set

The O gauge North Shore two-car interurban set by K-Line by Lionel retails for $229.99...

MTH’s Premier line O gauge <i>Yankee Flyer</i>

MTH’s Premier line O gauge Yankee Flyer

Below, you can watch a streaming video of MTH's O gauge Premier line Flying Yankee...

Manfred and Millie Hein’s indoor garden railway

Manfred and Millie Hein’s indoor garden railway

Name: Jim Carter Railroad name: Manfred and Millie Hein's indoor garden railway Scale: 1:22.5-1:29 Theme:...

Video: O gauge boxcab electric by K-Line by Lionel

Video: O gauge boxcab electric by K-Line by Lionel

In the March 2009 issue of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS, Bob Keller reviewed this O gauge...

Build the Milwaukee Road Beer Line part 4

Build the Milwaukee Road Beer Line part 4

Model Railroader Editor Neil Besougloff shows how he installed Walthers street system sections and Blair...