Layout Visits

These videos feature model railroads from around the country.
Video: HO scale Hoosac Valley RR

Video: HO scale Hoosac Valley RR

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D&RGW F-81 HO scale trials

D&RGW F-81 HO scale trials

This video by Corey Bonsall was filmed on the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah...

Grant Eastman’s Southern Alberta Rail, part 1

Grant Eastman’s Southern Alberta Rail, part 1

Meet Grant Eastman and hear about the objectives, design, and operations philosophies behind his N...

Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado &...

MRVP Layout Visit: Ken Thompson’s BN Peoria Subdivision in HO scale

MRVP Layout Visit: Ken Thompson’s BN Peoria Subdivision in HO scale

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Train watching on the Winnegance & Quebec

Train watching on the Winnegance & Quebec

Name:    Eric Schade Railroad Name:    Winnegance and Quebec Location:    Phippsburg, Maine Scale:    7/8"=1'-0" (1:13.7) Theme:  ...

Big Boy 4014 at Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s Union Pacific Days 2017

Big Boy 4014 at Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s Union Pacific Days 2017

The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 is featured in a video shot at the Colorado...

D&RGW Westbound Manifest

D&RGW Westbound Manifest

With a mid-1960s mix-n-match consist, a Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally...

Willow Creek Railroad Operations: Waverly Yard

Willow Creek Railroad Operations: Waverly Yard

This video describes the operations of Waverly Yard on the Willow Creek Railroad. The video...

Boeing planes on a train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum

Boeing planes on a train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum

This video was shot during BNSF Days at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. The video...

Dick Kitz’s Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz’s Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz started this layout in 1970. It has been moved once to the present...

Pacing the Empire Builder

Pacing the Empire Builder

Pacing GN's Empire Builder westward through the Cascades and the City of Everett in Western...

Willow Creek Railroad – Operations: Local freights

Willow Creek Railroad – Operations: Local freights

This video is part of a planned series that highlights operations on the Willow Creek...

Another N scale micro layout

Another N scale micro layout

Here is a time-lapse video of the construction of my latest N scale micro-layout project....

HO scale White Road Forest shelf layout

HO scale White Road Forest shelf layout

"White Road Forest" is a small shelf layout in HO scale, inspired by a Class...

User video: Creating grades on your model railroad

User video: Creating grades on your model railroad

In this video, modeler Steve Tello shares a simple technique for calculating and transferring grades...

Athearn Genesis HO scale GE U50 diesel

Athearn Genesis HO scale GE U50 diesel

In this exclusive video review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel...

Soldering for model railroaders

Soldering for model railroaders

Take a look at basic soldering tips, as well as soldering wires, decoders, track, and...

Northern Pacific A-5 4-8-4 crossing Chumstick Canyon trestle

Northern Pacific A-5 4-8-4 crossing Chumstick Canyon trestle

A Northern Pacific A-5 4-8-4 northern with grey boiler pulls a freight drag over Chumstick...

HOn30 Narrow Gauge Coal Mine Railroad

HOn30 Narrow Gauge Coal Mine Railroad

This HOn30 Narrow Gauge Coal Mine Railroad measures 24" x 56". The layout is constructed...