Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Mitchell Park Domes Large Scale Garden Display

Mitchell Park Domes Large Scale Garden Display | Each year, from January to the end of March, the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wis., hosts a beautiful G scale garden railroad inside one of its three uniquely-engineered domes. For one weekend only, in early February, a wide range of layouts and displays in different […]

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East Troy Industrial Park, Episode 1 | Introducing an all-new HO scale project layout

Trains.com host David Popp invites you along for this initial overview of Model Railroader magazine’s emerging HO scale (1:87.1) project layout, the East Troy Industrial Park Railroad! To get things started, David shares how 1:1 scale operations of a Class III railroad (as featured in the Trains.com Video Series “Taking Care of Business: SMS Rail […]

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Ask Trains.com February 2025

Ask Trains.com February 2025| Host Cody Grivno fields your questions regarding both model railroading and 1:1 scale railroading too! In this installment, Cody addresses inquiries related to well cars and intermodal container loading; lineside signage; enhancing the “play value” of a basic 4 x 8-foot model railroad; plus plenty other topics that viewers just like […]

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Spaces to Places VII | Taking a miniprints break

In this episode, host Gerry Leone takes a bit of a respite from construction of his HO scale Bona Vista HO scale model railroad. Join Gerry at Milwaukee’s Trainfest 2024 event, where he works with miniprints owner Bernard Hellen (a.k.a “Dr. Mini”) to prepare O and HO scale life-like figures of himself! Want to see […]

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Classic Trains Film Archive | Chicago Passenger Train Parade, Chicago, Illinois, J. David Ingles Reel 0137

Classic Trains Film Archive | Chicago Passenger Train Parade, Chicago, Illinois, J. David Ingles Reel 0137 – Join J. David Ingles for a tour of Chicagoland railroads in early 1971. You’ll see Burlington Northern, Illinois Central, Monon, Penn Central, Santa Fe, and more around the Windy City. Locations include, 21st Street diamond, 18th Street on […]

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Train Sim World 5 | Product Overview

Train Sim World 5 is now available on a wide variety of platforms, including on PC, Xbox One and Series S|X, PlayStation 4 and 5, plus Steam Deck and via Epic Games Store. Join Trains.com talent Bryson Sleppy, as he walks you through TSW 5’s immersive virtual world of railroading…one that has growing appeal to […]

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Ask Trains.com January 2025

Ask Trains.com January 2025| Start the year off with host Cody Grivno, as he addresses your questions about model railroading and 1:1 scale railroading too! This time, Cody handles inquiries related to designing and constructing switching layouts; historical insights on the rolling stock of the former Milwaukee, Racine, & Troy HO scale layout; using Firecrown […]

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Train Sim World 4 | Upgrade from Sony PS4 to PS5

Our Trains.com resident simulator software guru Bryson Sleppy shares the process for transferring Train Sim World 4 from a Sony PlayStation 4 to a Sony PlayStation 5 gaming platform. For more details on the release of Train Sim World 4, be sure to watch Bryson’s overview of the railroad simulation software on Trains.com! […]

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Train Sim World 4 | Product Overview

Trains.com talent Bryson Sleppy delves into the immersive world of Train Sim World 4, released in September 2023 and available on PC, Xbox One and Series S and X, and PlayStation 4 and 5. In this video, our host highlights improvements made since the release of Train Sim World 3 in 2022 (click HERE to […]

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Train Sim World 3 | Product Overview

Welcome back to another product overview of the captivating Train Sim World 3 on Trains.com. In this exploration, Host Bryson Sleppy delves into the immersive world of Train Sim World 3, released in 2022 and available on PC, Xbox One and Series S and X, and PlayStation 4 and 5. Players have the unique opportunity […]

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Transport Fever 2 | Product Overview

In this all-new, Trains.com product overview of Transport Fever 2, host Bryson Sleppy walks you through some of the distinctive features of the railroad simulator available on Mac, PC, Xbox One and Series S and X, and PlayStation 4 and 5 platforms. Unlike other railroad sims, TF2 expands the game environment consider additional modes of […]

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Train Life: A Railway Simulator | Product Overview

Host Bryson Sleppy takes train watching in a different direction, as he examines the world of “Train Life: A Railway Simulator,” a captivating railway simulator/game. Developed by Simteract (released in 2022), the game offers an immersive experience across Europe’s major cities like Berlin, Zurich, and Amsterdam. Unlike traditional train simulators, “Train Life” takes you beyond […]

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