Running trains on a postwar style Lionel layout

Postwar style toy train layout

Name:    Terry Johnson Forum User Name:    tibet99 Railroad Name:    Lionel Postwar Layout Location:    Michigan Scale:    1/48 Theme:    Classic Lionel postwar trains Description:    I have a decent high rail layout but got the urge recently to run my Lionel postwar trains. I dug out my Kalmbach book “Classic Lionel Display Layouts You Can Build” by Roger […]

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Vintage 1930s Marx trains

two Marx trains from the 1930s

Name:    Todd Hein Description:    This video shows two Marx trains from the 1930’s, one is a 1934 M10000, and the other is a Commodore Vanderbilt with a mixed train of cars from the same year. […]

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Video: HO scale Great Midwestern RR

cover of Great Model Railroads 2018 and a train crossing a bridge

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Walton’s HO scale Great Midwestern RR features scenes inspired by northwestern Illinois in the 1950s. See classic steam and diesel locomotives hauling freight and passenger trains through the spectacular scenery of this 36′-6″ x 63′-0″ model railroad. […]

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Small shelf layout

Scene of a small shelf model railroad

Alejandro’s small shelf layout measures 9.51 x 7.55 feet with an average width of 1.31 feet. The layout is set in the mid-1970s somewhere between Oregon and Washington (previously Great Lakes area). […]

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D&RGW L-131 break-in run

United/PFM Denver & Rio Grande Western L-131 2-8-8-2 brass locomotive

After some repairs, paint, and decals, Corey Bonsall took his new-to-him United/PFM Denver & Rio Grande Western L-131 2-8-8-2 brass locomotive for a run on his local club’s layout. […]

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