Video: Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Z scale Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Vern Sargent built his 2 x 3-foot Z scale layout in a closet. See some of the detailed scenes on the Cale, Bear Mountain & Harrisonville model railroad, which is inspired by the Monon and the Milwaukee Road in the 1940s and 1950s. […]

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Climbing the grade on the AddleDoo Bush Tramway

Name: Rob Mackay-Wood Forum User Name: RobMW Railroad Name: AddleDoo Bush Tramway Location: Brisbane, Australia Scale: G Scale Theme: Bush Logging and Mining in Australia/New Zealand (Freelance) Description: In light of the October 2017 article in GRW on gradients, I thought this video of my Regner Lumberjack climbing a steep 11% grade (1:8.5) might be […]

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Video 101: Postproduction

a model train running on a garden railroad

“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 […]

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Video: Kato N scale SDP40F with ESU LokSound

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. […]

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How-to Library: Weathering diesel locomotive details

Cody Grivno adds weathering effects to a model train.

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 […]

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The City Edge day and night in 4k

The City Edge model railroad

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 […]

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