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When you think about electrified rail lines today, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. But in the first half of the 1900s, before the start of the diesel era, railroads used electrified lines to move freight and passengers. Examples in the east included the New York, New Haven & […]
Built by Others in an article series showing layouts constructed by modelers using plans and projects from the pages of Model Railroader and its associated products. David Popp’s Naugatuck Valley RR has appeared in multiple issues of Model Railroader as well as the book Building a Model Railroad: Step by Step, Second Edition. George Giacono […]
Are you building a siding or a yard? Or are you in the process of planning an N scale layout but not sure what turnouts are available? This N scale turnout roundup should help to answer some questions you may have. Turnouts (also referred to as switches) are pieces of track that allow a train […]
Jools Holland and his railway empire Like many of you, my interest in model railways started as a young boy. In the Swinging Sixties, my father built me a small layout in our tiny, terraced house in not-particularly-swinging Greenwich on the River Thames in old Southeast London. Over the years I maintained an interest, and […]
In this article we’ll look at five ways to clean track. If you want to get a lively debate started amongst model railroaders, ask them the best way to clean track. Some prefer abrasive blocks, like the Bright Boy, while others turn to any number of cleaning solvents, homemade or commercial cleaning cars, or off-the-shelf […]
HO scale number 6 turnouts HO scale number 6 turnouts. Running trains in a circle or oval may hold your attention for a little bit, but eventually you’ll want your trains to go somewhere beyond that basic loop. That’s where turnouts enter the scene. Turnouts let you split one line into two, design yards, model […]
Henrik Akesson’s N scale version of the Erie Lackawanna RR in Pennsylvania is set during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. It’s built in a spare bedroom around the walls in a dogbone on styrofoam. It features Peco code 80 track, Digitrax DCC, and a small copy of the Starrucca viaduct kitbashed from several […]
Henrik Akesson’s N scale version of the Erie Lackawanna RR in Pennsylvania is set during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. It’s built in a spare bedroom around the walls in a dogbone on styrofoam. It features Peco code 80 track, Digitrax DCC, and a small copy of the Starrucca viaduct kitbashed from several […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month Steve Haynes from Peco stopped by the Model Railroader offices to show off the firm’s new static grass applicators, scenery products, and code 70 track. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you other new model trains, including HO scale […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month Steve Haynes from Peco stopped by the Model Railroader offices to show off the firm’s new static grass applicators, scenery products, and code 70 track. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he shows you other new model trains, including HO scale […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno starts off 2018 down in the Model Railroader workshop where he demonstrates how to apply static grass scenery to a model railroad. He uses the new Peco static grass applicator and scenery products. You’ll also see a selection of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno starts off 2018 down in the Model Railroader workshop where he demonstrates how to apply static grass scenery to a model railroad. He uses the new Peco static grass applicator and scenery products. You’ll also see a selection of […]
