Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn painting tips that will make the knuckle couplers on your model railroad rolling stock look more realistic. In addition to modeling tips, associate editor Cody Grivno shows you some of the latest products to arrive in the Model Railroader offices. […]
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Name: C&O Logan Subdivision Layout designer: Jeff Ashby Scale: N (1:160) Size: 9 x 15 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by the Chesapeake & Ohio Locale: West Virginia Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in with multilevel peninsula Mainline run: 99 feet Minimum radius: 10″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of Model […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how he secured this fence section to our new HO scale Virginian project model train layout. Cody will also give you a tip for using track cutters on flextrack.You’ll also see new model railroading products, […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how he secured this fence section to our new HO scale Virginian project model train layout. Cody will also give you a tip for using track cutters on flextrack.You’ll also see new model railroading products, […]
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Name: Naugatuck Valley RR 3.0 Layout designer: David Popp Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16 x 17 feet Prototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Locale: Naugatuck River Valley in Connecticut Era: fall 1948 Style: walkaround Mainline run: Waterbury/south 53 feet, Waterbury/north 13 feet Minimum radius: 15″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Click on the link […]
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Name: Bona Vista RR Layout designer: Gerry Leone Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14′-6″ x 30′-0″ Prototype: freelance Locale: northern Wisconsin and Minnesota Era: 1953 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (mainline), no. 5 (spurs) Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on […]
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Name: Denver Union Terminal Layout designer: Frank Czubryt Scale: O (1:48) Size: 24 x 32 feet Prototype: freelance Locale: Denver to Palmer Lake, Colo. Period: 1980s to present Style: walk-in Mainline run: 96 feet Minimum radius: 48” Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on […]
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Name: East Rail Layout designer: Lance Mindheim Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-3″ x 9′-9″ x 16″ Prototype: CSX Locale: Miami, Fla. Era: 2006 Style: shelf Mainline run: 19 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track […]
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Name: Logansport & Indiana Northern Layout designer: Tom Johnson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 26 feet Prototype: freelance short line Locale: northern Indiana Era: present day Style: around-the-walls shelf Mainline run: 85 feet Minimum radius: 26″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on the link to download […]
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Name: Naugatuck Valley RR 2.0Layout designer: David PoppScale: N (1:160)Size: 16 x 17 feetPrototype: New York, New Haven & Hartford RRLocale: Naugatuck River Valley in ConnecticutEra: fall 1948Style: walkaroundMainline run: Waterbury/south 53 feet, Waterbury/north 13 feetMinimum radius: 15″Minimum turnout: no. 5 Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2008. Click on the link to download […]
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Name: Panhandle & Santa Fe Ry. Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-7″ x 33′-0″ Prototype: Third District of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe’s Plains Division Locale: Texas Panhandle, Amarillo to Clovis, N.M. Era: September 1955 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 102 feet Minimum radius: 29″ Minimum turnout: no. 6, no. 4 in Amarillo Switching District […]
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