Follow former Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 as it pulls employee and public trips on the Red River Valley & Western. The June 2017 trips commemorate the North Dakota regional railroad’s 30th anniversary. […]
Trains Presents: No. 261 in North Dakota
Section: Trains Video
Video 101: Postproduction
“The trainyard is your media; the train is your story. Assemble the tracks you need. Then create the trains to run on them.” My Apple Store instructor was searching for an analogy for our class about movie making, not describing Southern Pacific operations. The resemblance worked for me. Postproduction Transforming our rough clips and music […]
Video: Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound
This latest version of the N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F from Kato USA includes a factory installed ESU LokSound decoder. Check out this demo of the locomotive and the decoder’s realistic Full Throttle diesel sound package in this exclusive video on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Salt Lake Route model train layout. […]
How-to Library: Weathering diesel locomotive details
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a follow-up to Cody Grivno’s initial video on adding realistic weathering effects to an out-of-the-box HO scale model, he now shows you how to apply additional effects to specific components of a hardworking diesel locomotive. Of course, the techniques Cody demonstrates […]
Trains Presents: NS Christiansburg Grade
Check out the heavy mainline action on Norfolk Southern’s famed Christiansburg Grade in Virginia! You’ll see today’s modern railroading complete with heritage power and steam on this former Norfolk & Western route. […]
N scale layout
Check out this video from a model railroader in Hungary, Europe. His N scale layout measures 9′ x 3′ x 5′. […]
N scale Oregon & Northeastern Logging Line
Watch a day of operations on the Oregon & Northeastern Railroad forest products shortline. Video by Dean Ferris. […]
The City Edge day and night in 4k
The City Edge is an HO scale model railroad created and built by Vic Smith. The city section of the layout is 25′ (length) by 3′ (depth). The city is made up of multiple model kits, including kitbashed, custom and scratchbuilt structures that have all been recreated and casted in very durable black urethane. The […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 28
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ask MRVP host David Popp tackles YOUR hobby questions with some assistance from Cody Grivno, Dana Kawala, and even Off The Rails host Gerry Leone! Topics cover benchwork, track, wiring, scenery, modeling, painting and weathering, and plenty more! […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for August 2017
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Rolling stock and equipment in N, HO, and O scales, acrylic paint for your projects, and a new book from contributing editor Pelle Søeborg highlight this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. In the workshop, associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you why […]
Off The Rails: Episode 16
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this new episode of Off The Rails, our host goes out of his way to prove that “one modeler’s junk is another modeler’s treasure”! This time, Gerry Leone makes good use of coffee creamer packaging, potato chip canisters, and even discarded computer […]
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