Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video epsiode of History According to Hediger, Jim shows a few of the custom O scale freight cars featuring MR staff layouts. The cars were made for display at events in the 1970s. Related Topics: o scale […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Tony Koester drops in from time to time, and on this visit, we asked him what he thinks you need to know to build a model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider is our monthly behind-the-scenes look at new magazines and videos coming to your from Model Railroader and MR Video Plus. As a sample, here is the pilot we shot in September, 2012. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Office you’ll see a selection of new model railroading products in HO and N scale, including an Athearn Genesis HO scale Missouri Pacific GP38-2. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he takes this SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn some of the options available for cleaning the rails of model railroad track in this episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno also shows you how to use track cleaning cars from Aztek and Centerline In addition you’ll see […]
Norfolk Southern did an amazing thing in 2012 and they’re doing it again in 2013: Running steam-powered passenger trains to better tell the railroad story and as a point of pride for this amazing eastern railroad that just turned 30 years old. Take a closer look at Southern Railway Consolidation No. 630 and Nickel Plate […]
In September 2012, Electro-Motive Diesel sent a unique locomotive to the MINExpo show in Las Vegas: A typical SD70Ace painted in the colors of EMD’s parent company, Caterpillar. Trains magazine got exclusive access to this amazing 4,300-hp workhorse prior to its public debut the following month at the grand opening for the new Caterpillar visitor […]
Former regional railroad owner Jerry Joe Jacobson built a private, 18-stall roundhouse he calls the “Age of Steam” in Sugarcreek, Ohio, to house his collection of a dozen locomotives. The complex includes a boiler wash track, offices, a backshop, machine shop, store house, water tank, and water column. Enjoy this short video, and be sure […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno shares modeling tips and some of the latest hobby-related products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices. This month Cody will show you these handy specs from CraftOptics. They combine prescription lenses with magnifiers. You’ll also see new products […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page On November 10-11, 2012, the Model Railroader staff attended Trainfest 2012. Many model railroading manufacturers were there to showcase their latest products. See highlights from the show as associate editor Cody Grivno interviews representatives from Athearn, Bachmann, Woodland Scenics, Kato USA, and Walthers. […]
Talgo trains under construction in Milwaukee. Matt Van Hattem Go behind the scenes and watch America’s newest passenger trains come to life in the January 2013 issue of Trains magazine. We spent two years visiting Talgo’s plant in Milwaukee, documenting the assembly of the new Series 8 trainsets, which will enter revenue service on the […]
Ever wonder how the UPS and FedEx Ground packages you ship travel across the country? They go by train. And in the December 2012 issue of Trains magazine, we take you inside one of the top railroad intermodal yards for FedEx and UPS Ground shipments: BNSF Railway’s Willow Springs terminal outside Chicago. We spent 24 hours inside […]
