MRVP Layout Visit: Michael Schrier’s O gauge layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Video Plus subscribers will get to enjoy the highly detailed scenes on Michael Schrier’s fabulous O gauge (3-rail) layout. One look at the expansive urban and industrial sites on this extraordinary 40 x 50-foot display, and you’ll be hard pressed to call […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 33

David Popp wearing a winter hat, bright yellow jacket, and cross country skis outside in the snow.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this Olympic-themed episode, host David Popp goes for the gold answering as many of your toughest hobby questions as possible! Specific viewer inquiries relate to trackwork, wiring, scenery, modeling, and more! […]

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Southern Pacific AC-5 Cab Forward at Skykomish

Model cab forwad locomotive

Southern Pacific AC-5 Cab Forward at Skykomish: By accident, I have a car about 2/3rds into the train where it sounds like a prototypical flat wheel on one of the cars. The light at the back top of the engine was for the fireman to check, at night, the exhaust to see how efficient his […]

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Video: HO scale Johnstown & Gerryville

model train traveling over a bridge and the cover of an issue of Model Railroader magazine

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Featured on the cover of the April 2018 Model Railroader, the Johnstown & Gerryville features scenes inspired by the Pennsylvania RR in the 1950s, including the Loyalhanna Creek stone arch bridge. Check out the southwestern Pennsylvania scenery in this exclusive video. […]

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All the way with Santa Fe

Lionel's hybrid Santa Fe Mikado

Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman and Paulden Lines Location: Paulden, AZ Scale: O Theme: Railroading through the Southwest Description: The arrival of Lionel’s new hybrid Santa Fe Mikado triggered an idea to do a video featuring all Santa Fe trains. We start at downtown Chicago at Union Station (I know, a bit far from […]

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