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Lionel Trains Best Layouts & Store Displays
Era: 1946 - 1970
HO scale Fairhope & Northern
Name: Fairhope & Northern RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by New York, New Haven & Hartford Locale: New England Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 84 feet Minimum radius: 26″ (visible track), 22″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 40″ to […]
Rick Stern’s HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Name: Santa Fe Scale: HO Size: 30 x 48 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Locale: Southern California Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 34″ (main), 26″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (secondary), no. 4 (branch) Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: open frame […]
Member video: N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway
This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway. This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891. The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna […]
Member video: N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway
This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway. This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891. The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna […]
Steam and diesel on the Seashore Lines
At the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines station in Cape May, N.J., an RDC1 and Pennsy E6 Atlantic No. 645 share the platform in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
E8 on the Wabash Cannon Ball
Wabash E8 1007 brings the Wabash Cannon Ball into Litchfield, Ill., near the beginning of its St. Louis–Detroit run in March 1956. John C. Illman photo […]
Layout Visit: Stephen Brudlos’ Milwaukee Road River Subdivision in HO scale
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The pages of Great Model Railroads 2016 come to life in this MR Video Plus exclusive visit to Stephen Brudlos’ Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific River Subdivision HO scale layout! Follow Steve as he takes you on a guided tour of his […]
Layout Visit: Stephen Brudlos’ Milwaukee Road River Subdivision in HO scale
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The pages of Great Model Railroads 2016 come to life in this MR Video Plus exclusive visit to Stephen Brudlos’ Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific River Subdivision HO scale layout! Follow Steve as he takes you on a guided tour of his […]
3D Track Plan: The HO scale Bakersfield & Ventura RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive video, MRVP subscribers are treated to a unique 3D rendering of a layout soon to appear in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Bakersfield & Ventura RR around-the-walls layout […]
Member video: Clark Propst’s River City HO scale model railroad
Scott Thorton shot this video of an operating session on Clark Propst’s HO scale River City model railroad. The layout is based on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. in Mason City, Iowa, during the first week of May 1954. You can read more about the layout in Great Model Railroads 2016. […]
Member video: Clark Propst’s River City HO scale model railroad
Scott Thorton shot this video of an operating session on Clark Propst’s HO scale River City model railroad. The layout is based on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. in Mason City, Iowa, during the first week of May 1954. You can read more about the layout in Great Model Railroads 2016. […]
